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Subject: Re: which 6 man tablebases are the most important?

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 16:27:29 04/02/04

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>>Yes, I always recommed they use Arena, it's much easier to install engines for
>>the novice user.
>
>Even if you make a video how to do it, they won't manage it.
>
>After a few months they will unhappily email you that your product never worked.
>
>Assuming you earn nothing on Arena, that is a very difficult helpdesk you must
>provide for every product 'sold'. Imagine that for each product sold you must
>answer 10 questions.
>
>No one can do that at a profit at the prices such software has.

That would be a bit extreme.
Write a good manual and then tell them to RTFM before they contact you,
or charge extra for helpdesk :)

>Arena is of course not having a chance to get used by many people.
>
>Perhaps 0.00001% of the total chess product users.
>
>I never used it in fact. I downloaded it once. it crashed and i forgot about it.

You have just disqualified yourself as an expert on Arena :)

It does have a few quirks here and there, but installing engines is piece of
cake, my mother could do it, I'm sure of it.

-S.



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