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Subject: Re: Why ChessBase is Forbidden What Vasik Rajlich is doing all the time?

Author: Harvey Williamson

Date: 02:54:06 01/15/06

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On January 15, 2006 at 05:46:15, Henrik Dinesen wrote:

>On January 14, 2006 at 20:24:32, Harvey Williamson wrote:
>
>>On January 14, 2006 at 18:14:28, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>>
>>>Rolf, as much as i enjoy your interchanges for their soap opera quality, I don't
>>>think your accusations are quire fair. They rest on the assumption that  Vasik
>>>is somehow manipulating us into promoting his product.
>>>
>>>I test the Rybka  betas because it is fun. I think that is what motivates
>>>others.
>>>
>>>People here at CCC are very critical consumers. We are not being manipulated. We
>>>are having fun.
>>>
>>>best
>>>J
>>
>>Isn't the point here (I think it is fantastic marketing)that we are all paying
>>to be beta testers?
>>
>
>If you don't submit anything to Vas, you can't be counted as a tester in any
>way.
>But if you do, you don't have to wait long to see something happening. That's a
>good exchange, and some more established compagnies could learn a lot. Actually
>we saw a somewhat similar approach with Fruit when it turned commercial.
>I don't see anything bad here :)
>
>Henrik


Hi Henrik,

I don't have a problem with it either. However I do wonder what the attitude of
posters here would be if CB sold software in a similar way?

Best Wishes

Harvey



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