Author: Ingo Bauer
Date: 14:07:29 02/16/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 16:49:07, Peter Skinner wrote: >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. I am "only" a tester and gave up on this point! Bye Ingo
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