Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:50:30 10/12/05
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On October 12, 2005 at 11:12:25, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On October 12, 2005 at 09:29:29, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 12, 2005 at 09:01:46, Sandro Necchi wrote: >> >>>On October 12, 2005 at 08:58:09, Sandro Necchi wrote: >>> >>>>On October 12, 2005 at 08:14:16, robert flesher wrote: >>>> >>>>>It also lost against default 14-6, however I will give it a 100 game match to >>>>>make sure. Although it seems that this version is even more aggressive compared >>>>>to the defaul and this is exactly what Fruit 2.2 is exploiting. >>>> >>>>Maybe the problem is one computer only. >>>> >>>>Using 2 computers after 42 games CE 9g is leading 21.5 to 20.5 (at 15 minuts >>>>each on 2 AMD 3000+ with 256Mega RAM) so I do not understand your results. >>>> >>>>Sandro >>> >>>Leading against Shredder 9...I do not test against Fruit 2.2 because I do not >>>own it due to the hated protection used. >>> >>>Some people reported a clear win against Fruit 2.2 so maybe it is a matter of >>>openings... >>> >>>Sandro >> >>Note that initially I thought that the copy protection of fruit is a good idea >>but I changed my mind about it after reading responses of people. >> >>It is possible that even piracy without that copy protection may be productive >>for Fabien. >> >>Explanation: >> >>option 1:copy protection similiar to shredder >>A buy the program and share the program with B,C,D,E when everybody payed only >>1/5 of the price. >> >>Fabien earns 35$ >>A,B,C,D,E pay 7$ > >In reality B share it with BB,BC,BD,BE; BB share it with BBB,BBC,BBD,BBE; etc. I am not sure what exactly happens in reality but it is clear that the number of A,B,BB,BC,BD,...is finite and Fabien may earn from copy protection only if at least 2 of the finite number of people plan to buy it in case of copy protection. > >>option 2:copy protection based on hardwate >> >>A does not buy fruit because it is too expensive and same for B,C,D,E >>Fabien earns nothing. > >Would not concern me at all. The great thing is B,C,D,E don´t get it for free. >A copyprotection based on hardware seems necessary today for such a niche market >product. Especially since customers are private only. > >Michael The question from Fabien's point of view is not if people get it for free but how many copies he can sell. It is possible that my opinion is wrong but my opinion now is that with no CD copy protection similiar to shredder(not chessbase version) is better. Uri
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