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Subject: Re: What would you do if you financed Shredder 8

Author: Rex

Date: 04:24:06 12/24/03

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On December 24, 2003 at 00:31:45, Derek Paquette wrote:

>Hypothetical situation :
>Let us say you had more money than you knew what to do with so you approached
>Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and you said you would like to buy all rights to the current
>and future Shredder series aswell as pay him to keep creating versions.  With
>full ownership to the product, what would you change in terms of engine design,
>GUI design and deliberations with world grandmasters.
>
>Would you try and go for the 4 games, tournament time control?
>How would you set the rules so you could get the super grandmasters to play say
>10 games or 12...
>
>You have the strongest computer program in the palm of your hand with a great
>programmer hammering away everyday to try and improve it,
>
>what would you do?

Why would you release a Shredder 8 anyway.  If the program is already rated #1
what more #1 can you become?  I would wait until a Fritz 11 will soon take the
#1 spot away.



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