Author: William Bryant
Date: 08:28:12 05/16/99
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On May 16, 1999 at 05:27:14, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On May 16, 1999 at 03:50:14, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote: > >>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!>. > >Does the Mac use PCI slots? (I realize that is not the only issue.) > >Dave All Macs for the last several years us a PCI bus rather than Newbus. The issue will be wether he will develop the software to run on the PPC. If not, others, I'm sure are willing to do so. As the Mac market increases, this is a significant number of computer users not to support, both now and in the future. (more hint, hint, grin!) William wbryant@ix.netcom.com
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