Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:45:33 12/28/05
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On December 28, 2005 at 04:41:17, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >On December 28, 2005 at 02:36:27, Gabor Szots wrote: > >>On December 27, 2005 at 18:23:02, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >> >>>On December 27, 2005 at 15:06:59, dhanial wrote: >>> >>>>Why is rybka almost the same price as chessbase products. With no Gui ant still >>>>in the beta mode. I thing it should be much cheaper till the get one that is >>>>complete. Yes sure u can run it in winbord and other free programs but shouldnt >>>>we also pay those guys. >>>> >>>>Because by itself Rybka cant even do anything. >>>> >>>>Thats my 2 cents worth >>> >>>Rybka is 34 euros including also the price of future complete versions. >>>Chessbase products are about 50 euros. >>> >>>that's more than 2 cents difference :) >>> >>>w.b.r. >>>Otello >> >>Wrong in two respects: >> >>1. The price includes only versions up to 1.2. > >Right, I stand corrected. > >>2. CB gives you a complete and very good GUI, which is worth more than 16 EURs. >>In this sense e.g. HIARCS is much cheaper than Rybka. >> >>Gábor > >Yes, but Hiarcs isn't as amazing as Rybka... Why not? Hiarcs also seems to have had a large increase in strength. I think it may be even more amazing to make a big jump in strength to an existing program with a long history of development. But I guess when you have seen bears flying, seeing a porpoise on the park bench reading a newspaper is not so amazing, perhaps.
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