Author: Keith Evans
Date: 09:30:58 06/13/03
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On June 13, 2003 at 09:25:56, Bernhard Bauer wrote:
>On June 12, 2003 at 14:16:52, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On June 11, 2003 at 20:07:59, Jerry Winters wrote:
>>
>>> I'm doing a College research paper on Software piracy, i was wondering if
>>>anyone could guess the percentage of people that visit this site, who use
>>>illegal chess software on their computer? Any guesses? Based on visiting RGGC
>>>and other sites i was guess about 90% is that reasonable?
>>
>>90% is absurd.
>>
>>It's really quite pointless anyway, for the following reasons:
>>1. You can get a free system consisting of:
>>A. Ruffian/Crafty/Yace {and other strong engines} that is close in strength to
>>the commercial systems
>>B. Winboard that allows simple and free online play
>>C. Scid that gives good database access to chess information.
>>
>>Since all of the above is pure gratis, stealing is nothing but stupidity.
>>
>>2. You can get ChessMaster 9000 for about $30 or so. The King is a very
>>strong engine (strong enough to beat 99.999% of the people who play it every
>>game they attempt). It also has lots of usability features that make operation
>>simple and pleasurable.
>>
>>If your integrity isn't worth $30 to you, then you are a pretty pathetic excuse
>>for a human being.
>>
>>3. The expensive commercial systems like ChessBase and Chess Assistant are well
>>worth the cost. And if you can't afford to cough up $150 or so, then use one of
>>the above systems instead.
>>
>>Considering the difficulty and danger associated with software piracy, and the
>>banal stupidity of the entire exercise, I think it is probably pretty rare.
>
>Chessbase offers older versions for about 5 Euro. Currently I use Fritz 7 which
>I bought at ALDI. In fact I bought Fritz 6 the same way. That way I get known to
>the Chessbase user Interface.
>So forget about Vincents statements. We should know him.
>regards
>Bernhard
Vincent is a contradiction. He condones piracy of chess software, and yet he
tries to sell his own engine.
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