Author: Rick Bischoff
Date: 06:48:52 10/29/04
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Word processors are only a mature market because of the monopoly Word has-- if there wasn't an exorbitant cost associated with converting all of the old work into something new, it would most definately not be a stale market-- there are many improvements that could be made both in the paradigm and the functionality of word processors. That said, it is not clear how I would improve a commercial chess program (engine strength aside)-- although I would like to be introduced to the person who designed CM10K's gui and strangle him slowly. Using Crafty from the command line is more pleasant. On October 29, 2004 at 09:25:50, Tony Petters wrote: > >A Mature Market means the product no longer has significant improvements, so >there is no point in getting involved in it commercially. An example would be >wordprocessors. > >We all use to fight tooth and nail on rgcc and ccc to get what we want on new >software releases, now it seems the vast majority have been added, even test >suites. > >It seems with all the great great software available both commercially and >amateur that there is little room for improvement left. > >For example Fritz has virtually every function a person could ever dream of and >the graphics are certainly adequate for play. > >Perhaps, some of you have an opinion on this. > >Cordially
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