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Subject: Re: EIDOS, Fritz, and Piracy

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 20:03:35 12/14/99

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On December 14, 1999 at 22:48:50, Martin Grabriel wrote:

>Typo error on date of engine:
>
>should read :
>
>Fritz6 Light.eng : size is 270 Kb, date of engine is 28.11.99
>German Fritz6.eng : size is 264KB, date of engine is 23.11.99
>English Fritz6.eng : size is 285KB, date of engine is 10.11.99
>
>
>By the way, the demo comes with a 528 Kb book which is more convenient than the
>133+ Mb book in the orignal CD.
>
>Regards.


You know, I first brought up Eidos because I thought it was cool that a chess
program made with real chess players in mind was finally going to get some
mass-market backing (unlike the CMx000 series, which I think is targeted towards
the mass market to begin with, and now has some features that tournament players
are looking for).  It is rather disappointing to see my enthusiasm wane from
that to "great, another opportunity for piracy, and if I had kept my mouth shut
maybe people wouldn't have found it".

I seriously hope that the engine in the demo isn't as good as the "real" Fritz6.

Dave



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