Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 02:29:08 02/15/05
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On February 14, 2005 at 21:34:58, John Merlino wrote: >On February 14, 2005 at 21:24:10, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On February 14, 2005 at 16:50:43, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On February 14, 2005 at 16:39:02, Stephen Ham wrote: >>> >>>>On February 14, 2005 at 15:03:31, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >>>> >>>>> Please see ==> http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2195 >>>> >>>>Bom Dia, José >>>> >>>>Gosh, that was a review? It read more like an advertizement. >>>> >>>>As for the reviewer, I saw no evidence that he was able to back up what he >>>>claimed. While I don't doubt that much of what he wrote is indeed true, one >>>>still wonders whether he wrote from first hand experience, or whether he wrote >>>>based upon ChessBase's blurb on the back of the program's CD-box. >>>> >>>>I'm completing my review of Junior 9 for ChessCafe.com now. I've subjected >>>>Junior 9 to tests against other engines, and compared its move selection from >>>>positions in my correspondence chess games to others. My conclusions are quite >>>>favorable...I like Junior 9 a lot. I think that Amir and Shay did a fine job >>>>with this engine. >>>> >>>>All the best, >>>>Stephen >>> >>>My favorite part of the "review" was calling Fritz the "world's favorite". I'm >>>assuming that the reviewer is using some method other than total sales to count >>>the world's votes.... :-) >>> >>>jm >> >>Where do you find information about total sales for every program? >> >>Uri > >I don't have the actual information. But Chessmaster sells more copies than any >other program, or even ALL other programs combined. This is well-known and has >been true for at least 8 years (since I initially started working on it during >the development of CM5500). > >jm I've always been curious about this. How did you come to your conclusion? Are there any numbers available? Vas
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