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Subject: Re: Junior 9 bugs: interface and engine - next book?!

Author: Gordon Rattray

Date: 03:02:08 12/22/04

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On December 22, 2004 at 03:49:32, Joachim Rang wrote:

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>So if Chessbase looks on their revenues and not in internet boards they have no
>reason to change their habit.

Fair point.  Sometimes sales/marketing doesn't agree with the best software
engineering policies.

However, how can a company tell if its revenue is close to its potential or not?
 I, for one, don't buy as many Chessbase products as I used to.  Bad experiences
reduce the desire to buy in the future.

Gordon

>
>regards Joachim
>
>P.S.: This is not a satirical posting nor am I expressing any opinion whether
>chessbase does the "right" or the "wrong" thing, I simply tried to analyze the
>incentive structures for such a company.



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