Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:41:28 06/24/04
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On June 24, 2004 at 20:43:44, David Dahlem wrote: >On June 24, 2004 at 19:41:55, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>On June 24, 2004 at 19:38:56, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On June 24, 2004 at 17:46:08, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>> >>>>I never said they are bad programmers, I just said they are cheaper. >>>>If I was in Paris and as CEO of Ubisoft I would hire people from my countrry >>>>first, then, if not available, USA guys, then perhaps french. >>>>Just a matter of family links... >>>>Ferdinan >>> >>>I understand your point very well, but why would you consider "USA guys" family >>>if you were in France? >>> >>>Ubisoft has development houses in MANY different countries around the world. The >>>only thing that Ubisoft lost when they decided to switch from the USA >>>development team to the Romanian team was about 15 years of Chessmaster >>>experience. >> >>With the release of the Cm10K demo, there are signs that Chessmaster has taken a >>big step backward. I do appreciate the free CM9K engine upgrade however ;>). >> >> >>> >>>Apparently, they felt that it was worth it to get a larger and less expensive >>>team. And, ultimately, it was their money and they can certainly do what they >>>want with it. >>> >>>jm > >Personally i would love to see TheKing engine part with CM, and go commercial on >it's own. I would gladly purchase it, knowing i could run it in the GUI of my >choice, without the hassle of the opk thing. :-) > >Regards >Dave And Johan would probably get about 1/5th of the money for his efforts that he's getting now. What could possibly be the overwhelming downside of the being the engine in the top-selling chess program? jm
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