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Subject: Re: Why Don't the Authors of Fruit and Zappa Approach ChessBase?

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 01:47:03 10/07/05

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On October 06, 2005 at 22:26:11, Terry McCracken wrote:

>Is ChessBase not interested or the authors? There is Lokasoft as well.
>Actually, trying to get contracts with both could be lucrative.
>How hard is it to get your feet planted with the big companies?
>
>Terry

I can speak for Fruit alone. Fabien is in contact with the big companies.
However we are no longer in the 90ies and interest in new engines is limited to
a narrow circle, at least only a few people are willing to pay for a new engine.
The offers therefore are not breathtaking. ;-) Furthermore the big players don't
release in two weeks from the start of the negotiations so Fabien decided to go
first with an UCI-only release on our own website.

However it is still not unlikely that on some point Fruit will be sold through
some of the major players. You will understand that I can't say anything
concrete the only thing I can say it will take time.

Joachim



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