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Subject: Re: WCCC and some NPS observations

Author: Guido Schimmels

Date: 04:32:14 06/24/99

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On June 23, 1999 at 22:03:50, Bruce Moreland wrote:

[...]

>And they have something that Microsoft doesn't have, they  have an attached
>consumer magazine that seems to be the dominant magazine of this type in
>Germany, which is a major market.

CSS is not only dominant, but has a full monopoly, as it is the *only* mag
of it's type in Germany :-)
(6 issues per year,  ca. 60 pages, price: 12 DM !!)

I still buy it though in fact it has become a little too 'fritzy' for my
likening - no choice :(
But don't think they sell an awfull lot of this magazine.
The only places you can get it are book stores inside the big train stations
 - if you are lucky !
They survive from a few enthusiasts (like me :) ) addicted enough to pay any
price (see above !).

>You can't go to one of these tournaments without hearing a lot of strange
>Chessbase/CSS stories.  The rest of these publishers are strange, too, but
>Chessbase seems to be the most aggressive.
>
>bruce





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