Author: Harald Faber
Date: 06:06:39 03/31/99
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On March 31, 1999 at 07:29:05, blass uri wrote: >>Most of us want the strongest program for best analysis. And the only hint to >>get the information, which program is the strongest, is the SSDF list, at least >>for most of the (computer) chess interested. >>SSDF IS a very important list that increases or decreases the number of sales. >>I'd bet that the sold copies of MCP decreased since v.6 because v7. and v.8 are >>rated lower than 6.0. I clearly remember questions WHY MCP8 is weaker than MCP7 >>and 6. These questions were only referring to the SSDF list as if this list is >>the only one and the only true list and reflects the overall strength. >>So we can see the big significance of this SSDF list. And I doubt that Ed has >>disadvantage not to be present in that list. Because I doubt that Rebel10 would >>be rated in the TOP 5 which probably would harm the sales. > >The problem is that you cannot trust the autoplayer for Dos programs > >Ed told us here that he played Rebel10 against MCP8 and found strange results of >something like 19:2 for Rebel(I am not sure if I remember the exact result). > >He found that the problem was the autoplayer and MCP8 did mistakes that it does >not do without the autoplayer. I know. That is why I also stopped auto232-testing of DOS-programs. Do you know if the learning featue in MCP8 made some moves not reproducable or did Ed re-start MCP without a learn file and try again? >I do not think that the ssdf list is important. Your point, I see SSDF as VERY important. >The most popular program is chessmaster and not because it was in the ssdf >list. If you'd give Fritz/Genius/Shredder/Rebel a similar package (from the design) and also the presence of all these supermarket stores where Chessmaster is paced and sold I wouldn't be so sure that CM would hold his 1st place. CM in most cases is bought by casual hobby players who partly also have lots of other computer games like Doom, Quake and all that stuff. This kind of user/customer is certainly not who buys Rebel, MChess and so on. For this group SSDF list counts very much. >I believe that most of the buyers do not know about the ssdf list. >Uri Most of the Chessmaster customers, right, but most of the other target group, chess "addicts", KNOW.
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