Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 10:01:04 01/05/99
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On January 05, 1999 at 10:56:52, Albert Silver wrote: >On January 05, 1999 at 03:45:13, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: > >>I recently met a former Microsoft department head, who is now a chess coach and >>using many of the availble playing programs, databases & tutorials. What he >>told me I found truly amazing! He said that the currently availble programs >>were from a programming point of view rather unsophisticated and trivial in >>design. He suggested that if Microsoft (or other large software maker), decided >>to get involved in creating these things, the results would (or at least could), >>blow away the currently existing things in the marketplace. > >Trivial and unsophisticated? Certainly no program has it all, but I'd be curious >to know what he thinks could be so revolutionarily overdone. Fritz is possibly >the one that is closest to having it all except looks. As for database programs, >clearly a marriage between ChessBase and Chess Assistant would be the consumer's >dream, and though there is certainly room for improvement I'd hardly go so far >as to claim they are trivial and unsophisticated. Besides, his claim isn't >supported by Microsoft's ventures into other software markets. Take games for >example. Some such as Ages of Empires are superb, but there have also been some >horrors released with the Microsoft logo. Some products such as CB Magazine, >simply blow me away, which I doubt a chessplayer even dreamed would exist a >decade ago. > > Albert Silver > >> >>Honestly, I think he is wrong about this, but I certainly would like to see a >>poll question about it, to see what other's think. >> >>mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! >> >> >>On January 04, 1999 at 17:44:23, Steven Schwartz wrote: >> >>>Now that the elections are over, we are searching >>>for interesting CCC Poll questions. We also need >>>the possible answer choices. >>> >>>If you have any ideas, please post them here or >>>email them to icd@icdchess.com >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>>- Steve (ICD/Your Move) >>>P.S. If you have not seen it yet, there is >>>a message from my family to all CCC members at: >>>http://www.icdchess.com/steve.jpg Yes, that's the way I see it too. He particularly, 'had it in' for Rebel10, which he liked, but sad was ridiculus that it was still a Dos program in this age of windows. But that's no surprise really, because he is a 'Microsoft guy'. mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict!
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