Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 00:50:14 05/16/99
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On May 15, 1999 at 19:53:45, Paul Richards wrote: >On May 15, 1999 at 17:53:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 15, 1999 at 13:37:28, Rajen Gupta wrote: >> >>>I think it is nothing but hype. It is never going to materialize >>> >>>rajen Gupta >> >> >>Just means you don't know a thing about Hsu. 10 years ago he said that he >could build a machine that could beat Kasparov, and no one believed him. >>He is a lot like E.F. Hutton. When he talks, _everyone_ ought to listen. >>He does _not_ blow smoke, unlike a lot of others... > >The real question is, will it make enough money to keep him in business? >I hope so, because I want to see him be able to produce even faster >versions as technology allows. However if he is this successful, it >probably means bad news for other chess playing programs. He might be >most successful if he ended up merging with Chessbase. Or perhaps the >more successful company can buy the other one. :) I think if those >two combined there would nothing left in the market for anyone else. If this happens, and Hsu's card/software doesn't support the Mac, us Mac users would still be in the market for other products. It wouldn't hurt our feelings if Rebel/Chessmaster/Fritz/etc. hedged their bets by porting to the Mac now <hint, hint, grin!>.
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