Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 13:49:07 02/16/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 15:00:53, Ingo Bauer wrote: >In the meantime we now that you do not like the decision but your reasoning is a >bit odd to me. With the same argument you could deny to buy any Chessbase engine >because the book is completly handled by the the CB-GUI AND the Engines are not >able to run somewhere else. It seems Chessbase is "forcing" you to their >interface even more. Will you argue against their decisions with the same effort >OR will you buy S9 from Shredderchess if Stefan is offering you a S9 version >that is able only to run in the Classic interface? I doubt that this question >needs an answer! Not at all. With CB you _know_ that the engine can not be use anywhere else. With CB you _know_ that the book can not be use anywhere else. You _know_ exactly what you are getting, and where it can be used. With the Shredder 9 CB the same sitation applies. Shredder 9 UCI is not the case. You can use it in nearly every interface, yet the book that was specifically made for it can only be used in one interface. I am just having trouble with the notion that the UCI standard author does not use the "ownbook" option in his engine. I don't understand why this would be done, other than the fact to lock users into his interface. If that is the case, why even offer the CB version? >I think i have said all I can in this matter! I don't expect you to say anything regarding this Ingo. You are a tester/employee of Shredder, and are biased. You have also done just about everything you can here to promote the product, and as such you deserve whatever benefits were given to you. I am not against Shredder or Stefan in any way. I defended many points of the current marketing campaign, but this one just escapes me. I hope all the best for it, and no doubt it will again top the SSDF list. It just won't be a program that I will be owning. Peter
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