Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 07:26:45 06/14/03
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On June 13, 2003 at 12:30:58, Keith Evans wrote:
>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.
Of course you guys are programmers who sell commercial software for the mass
market, which let's you know reality very well.
I'm a realistic person in that sense. I know what happens with my software. I'm
not an idiot.
Note that previous week at the radio a similar thing happened. As you know
netherlands is small. Live at the radio some radioreporter interviewed someone.
This person said: "And the tax on petrol (it's $1.5 here a liter, so like $6 a
gallon) should not get lower. In fact it should get increased". After 5 minutes
finally the reporter was so keen to ask: "if i may ask, do you drive a car?"
Answer: "No i don't have a driving license".
That illustrates this discussion at its best.
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