Author: Alois Ganter
Date: 10:36:39 11/04/98
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On November 04, 1998 at 11:54:45, Christophe Theron wrote: > >But by doing this, they offer opportunities to their competitors. Most companies >would not take the risk. For example, ChessBase could write a driver that would >allow a Millenium engine to run inside Fritz interface! > >That's why I would not dream too much about an open interface. Weiner is trying >to kill the competition with this announcement, but he will have to retract >soon, believe me. The engine communication protocol cannot be, for economical >reasons, open and public domain. I think this is the other way round and clever thinking: If Chessbase is forced to make Fritz compatible because many new engines are coming then Ossi Weiner can suddenly sell his engines to the huge Fritz market. I am curious weather Chessbase allows this. Alois
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