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Subject: Re: Very Easy Why Some People Hate Chessmaster

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 05:24:14 12/11/98

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On December 11, 1998 at 07:45:36, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>>>I want a strong and the best engine. I really doubt that the serious player
>>>would use all database functions in everyone of the many programs they have.
>>
>>Not the database functions but the analysis functions.
>>And concerning strength, I repeat myself: all engines have the same strength.
>>You would see that if you play >500 games each between the TOP10 programs (incl.
>>the King of course).
>>They only differ in style.
>
>You maybe right but it was not the point of this post, I suppose I should have
>just wrote instead of trying to make points in my opinion that;
>
>The reason why some people hate CM6K is that they do not want to hear that a
>Cheap program maybe stronger than their expensive one.

This opinion is wide-spread. Cheap=shit. So I guess those people will buy
Genius6, Hiarcs7 and Shredder3 (the only 3 programs which are for DM198 while
the others are for half the prize) although the predecessors and competitors are
certainly not worse so that one can justifiy the double prize.



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