Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 09:10:27 11/16/03
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On November 16, 2003 at 12:03:05, K. Burcham wrote: > >What can the negative repercussions be, if The program beats the human in this >match? >How can a loss by the human, lower program sales for Chessbase? >How can a loss by the human, lower program interest by the general public? >How can a loss by the human, lower corporate desire to televise these matches? >How can a loss by the human, lower interest to draw corporate sponsorship? > > >What can the negative repercussions be, if The human beats the program in this >match? >How can a loss by the program, lower program sales for Chessbase? >How can a loss by the program, lower program interest by the general public? >How can a loss by the program, lower corporate desire to televise these matches? >How can a loss by the program, lower interest to draw corporate sponsorship? > >There are millions of dollars of corporate sponsorship for WWF, bullriding, pool >tournaments, Jackass, Road Runner cartoons, cooking shows, The Bachelor, >Gilligans Island reruns, bug eating reality shows, mud drags, monster trucks >crushing junk cars, General Hospital, etc. > >After all these years wonder what so many chess people have done wrong that >chess is not accepted by companies as a good return on their marketing >investment? > >After reviewing the above money generating shows, I have concluded that we need >a combination of one or more of the following chacteristics of the above shows: >equipment destruction, more blood, more controversy, physical confrontation, >more humor, more drama, personal injury, death, sex, scandles, etc. > >kburcham Well, Chessbase's support to endusers is by many considered a scandal. Still not enough in this context, I suppose...;-) /S
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