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Subject: Re: S9 Book

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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