Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:25:20 04/29/04
Go up one level in this thread
On April 29, 2004 at 10:05:58, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On April 29, 2004 at 09:43:02, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On April 29, 2004 at 09:27:18, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>Basically you say i should target at those 1000 guys who want to run other >>>software under their chessbase? >>> >>> >>>And if i'm real lucky then a small part of those users will buy DIEP, if it >>>would get sold? >>> >>>What planet do you come from? >> >>I think you might have a point here. This week there is a (very nice) review of >>Shredder 8 and Junior 8 at ChessCafe by Kjell Arne Brekke: >>http://www.chesscafe.com/Reviews/books.htm >> >>While he does a good job of highlighting all the general effects of the programs >>all using the same interface and the outdated helpfiles in general for an >>ordinary user( who isn't puzzled when Shredder calls itself Fritz 6 in the >>chatter?), his basic conclusion that he can't think of any reason why one should >>get one of the others, if he already owns one of them (Fritz, Junior, Shredder) >>sounds even more convincing. > >I feel Kjell has shown one of the keypoints here. > >If you run under that interface, it's only Fritz that counts. The rest is >peanuts. > >Then if you play a match fritz versus your engine, things are not done sportive; >there are protocol issues which cause for some weird reason each new version >that your program has a disadvantage. I do not say this is done deliberately (i >would get sued otherwise for saying that) but it sure has its effect. The effect >is you just get nailed for whatever reason. > >That already is enough reason to not release your engine in a protocol that >chessbase can read. I ignore this case. The easy answer is to only pay attention to games played under controlled conditions. IE even on ICC operators can fiddle around by artificially inducing lag, overriding the programs, etc. Not much point in worrying about that which you can't directly control... > >>I really think you can only target nerds this way. >>Peter (Owns all three of them)
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.