Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:16:40 09/15/03
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On September 15, 2003 at 06:40:49, Mike Hood wrote: >On September 14, 2003 at 22:13:25, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>On September 14, 2003 at 18:10:14, Mike Hood wrote: >> >>>On September 13, 2003 at 21:30:52, Bob Durrett wrote: >>> >>>>On September 13, 2003 at 18:08:17, Mike Hood wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 12, 2003 at 11:53:18, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On September 12, 2003 at 10:08:29, Mike Hood wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>So why not incorporate the last remaining features of >>>>>>>Chessbase 8 into Fritz 9, add forget about ever updating Chessbase? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Comments welcome..... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Do you own ChessBase 8? Can you compare it to the Fritz GUI database >>>>>>possibilites? What are those "last remaining features of ChessBase" in your >>>>>>opinion? >>>>>> >>>>>>J. >>>>> >>>>>I do own Chessbase 8, but I never use it, because everything I need is possible >>>>>with Fritz. All that occurs to me at the moment that Chessbase offers extra is: >>>>> >>>>>* automated database updates of the newest games from the TWIC website >>>>>* better sorting/filtering capabilities >>>>>* creating database keys to speed up the search of large databases >>>>> >>>>>There might be more, but that's all I can think of. It's hardly worth the >>>>>existence of Chessbase as a distinct product. It's not a matter of Chessbase not >>>>>being good enough, the problem is that Fritz is too good! >>>> >>>>Different people use computer programs for different things. If the things you >>>>would use chess database management software do not require a powerful database >>>>manager then that's perfectly OK. >>>> >>>>There are many other people who use MANY of the features of chess database >>>>management programs. They are the ones who need this sophisticated software [or >>>>it's competitor]. >>>> >>>>Obviously. >>>> >>>>Bob D. >>> >>>Point taken... but exactly what ARE these chess database management features >>>that Chessbase has but Fritz doesn't? >> >>There are many. Here is an example: Try to sort a game collection. In CB8, in >>the drop-down view menu, there is a sort option. CB8 allows you to sort the >>list in many different ways. Once sorted, the game collection can then be >>copied into an empty database and the sort order will be retained in the new >>database even after CB8 is shut down. >> >>In the Fritz GUI, there is no equivalent capability. [No sort under view.] >> >>That is a trivial example, but there are hundreds of such "trivial" examples. >>They add up. >> >>Bob D. > >Thanks, Bob. I already knew this example. I played around with Chessbase 8 for a >while after I first received it, comparing it with Fritz 7 (the newest version >of Fritz at the time). I don't deny that Chessbase has useful features that are >missing in Fritz's database management. My question is: is there any reason why >all these features shouldn't be built into Fritz 9? Money? : ) Bob D.
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