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Subject: Re: Conversion utilities is a much better idea

Author: Odd Gunnar Malin

Date: 14:28:01 03/03/06

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On March 03, 2006 at 16:44:19, Majd Al-Ansari wrote:

>I think making utilities that will convert a book from one format to another is
>probably a better idea.  That shouldn't be too hard to implement, but it would
>need some incentive from the GUI producer.  Most of them like to keep their book
>formats cryptic.  For example the author of Shredder was easily able to convert
>his proprietary book format into .ctg once an incentive was found.  It behooves
>me why he wouldn't make a simple utility for all those who bought the non
>chessbase Shredder to move their books to a chessbase Shredder.  The only reason
>I can think of is that it might not have been (to him at least) the best
>lucrative option.

Shredder Classic can export to a text format that is easy to understand. They
have a mechanisme to mark a copyrighted book as 'no export' before they give it
to the public.

Odd Gunnar



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