Author: Bernhard Bauer
Date: 23:48:00 06/22/99
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On June 23, 1999 at 01:57:03, Micheal Cummings wrote:
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>On June 23, 1999 at 00:14:58, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote:
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>>In the tradition of pridicting that Mike Rohde would lose to Rebel10.5 in 30
>>moves or less, yours truly, mrslug-the all-seeing pridicts that John Fedorovich
>>will be the next GM to play Rebel. I also pridict that Shredder becomes the
>>next engine also sold by ChessBase Gmb! And then of course, I'll have my upgrade
>>price:)
>>
>>mrslug - the pridictor?
>
>I will have a go at pridicting things.
>
>I pridict Mindscape to buy out chessbase, Bring out CM7K which is twice as
>strong as CM6K, which will rule the SSDF for years to come. Hsu DB chip will be
>made under contract with Mindscape. It will be called Chessmaster Jr. All other
>programmers seeing the Chessmaster/Mindscape steam rolling the computer chess
>world, will jump at mindscape for them to market and sell their programs.
>Within three years the only people not under Mindscape power will be the
>freeware chess engines which are basically nothing more than fodder for the
>might of Mindscape.
>
>Within five years due to greed by one of the Mindscape excutives who rips off
>millions of dollars, the world computer chess market crumbles. Mindscape have to
>salvage whatever they can and the only program that survives with be Chessmaster
>9000.
>
>This is only a prediction might you. I might be wrong, but then, I was really
^
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Should'nt that be a "pridiction"?
Kind regards
Bernhard
>the only one who ever thought CM6K would top the SSDF. So one wonders ????
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