Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 11:57:35 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 04:05:26, Ed Schröder wrote: >On August 21, 2005 at 14:51:17, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>As it have been mentioned here convincingly by several members, commercial >>programs face at least a crisis. In short, why people is going to purchase >>programs that are matched and even sometimes defeated on a regular base by some >>exceptional freeware stuff? > >Don't overdo things. If you think Chessbase earnings and existence depend on the >results of a WCCC and/or the sales to us freaks you are sadly mistaken. For sure >they will lose some sales because freaks like us know where to get the other >stuff and know how to install it. Real sales don't depend on the freaks but on >the renown and reputation of your brand name, Chessmaster being the perfect >example of that. > >Ed Apparently Chessbase is worried enough about the perception problem that they chose not to publish a *single* article about the WCCC on their website. Compare this with previous years where they had detailed round-by-round updates. -Peter
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