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Subject: Re: Chessbase is still one of the serious ChessSoftware company

Author: Yanis Abtroun

Date: 11:16:10 06/14/03

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On June 14, 2003 at 14:02:44, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On June 14, 2003 at 12:51:13, zeidoun wrote:
>
>>So that , i don't understand why this is a sad news.
>>They prouved with Junior 8 that they are really serious. Everyone can make wrong
>>decisions, but the good guy is the one that recognizes this and try to correct
>>it.
>
>We are not talking about Junior 8 here. This was obviously a major Bug and the
>fix was absolutely necessary. Someone reported a loss on time in no more than 23
>moves.
>
>This is sad news for several reasons.
>First of all Chessbase might decide to release only a CB-native version and not
>the expected UCI and Winboard compatible version.
>This would mean that you are not able to use Gandalf in Chess Assistant 7.1,
>SCID or Shredder classic.
>Even if they will release such a version you still have to pay also for the
>Fritz GUI.
>Many own already enough Fritz GUIs.
>You would rather pay this money for other GUIs i.e. for Chesspartner.
>
>Michael
yes , i hope they will make a gandalf uci like for Shredder 7.04 , able to work
on chesspartner and the other gui and that they won't try to frustrate all the
passionated computer chess amateurs.



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