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Subject: Re: Puzzled about piracy

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 10:56:06 06/04/99

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On June 04, 1999 at 13:41:43, Dann Corbit wrote:

>With all the excellent *free* chess programs that are available, why would
>anyone want to steal one?  I simply don't understand it.  And you can buy CM6000
>for $20!  Twenty dollars, for crying out loud!  Even the really full-featured
>programs are around $100.  So why would anyone even *want* to steal one?
>
>For what I do, I don't think I would ever need anything more than
>Crafty+Winboard+CDB+Nalimov TB's.  The cost of that complete outfit is $0.00.
>And I did buy some programs just for the fun of it.  I find that CM5500 stays in
>the box, and I play with Winboard and Winboard engines most of the time.
>Probably just personal preferences, or perhaps I recall the bitter wounds of my
>first game against it, which was a *real* thrashing ;-)
>
>At any rate, why?  I want to know why people would even bother to do it when it
>is so completely unnecessary.

I agree and have CM6000 (stays in box, beats me bad).  I use Crafty+Winboard,
but what is CDB and where is it located?

Best Regards,
Chris Carson



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