Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 01:08:02 09/05/05
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On September 04, 2005 at 18:34:50, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On September 04, 2005 at 18:12:52, Steve Maughan wrote: > >About 1 thing, you really must show more understanding of economics. > >I have more cdroms on pre-order (either diep3d or zappa, whatever releases >first) than the total amount of sold shredder-classic GUI's past 4 years (not >counting the Ossi Weiner 'millennium deal'). :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Statement of the year Vince, good joke. But don't worry too much, most of those who complain now will buy Zappa anyway. >You should worry instead about the monopoly of chessbase in Europe. > >If you realize how big their helpdesk is in total and how many fulltime salaries >they pay in total a year, you will realize that the tens of millions of >importance they have in Fritz, simply means that they will do anything to let >fritz perform real well. > >That includes that they are not so quick fixing unexpected bugs in their >interface to run engines from others. > >Let's start collect a small list of problems you MIGHT face when a normal user >runs under Fritz and plays against another engine. I just quote things here >which EXPERIENCED testers didn't figure out themselves easily: > a) sets hashtable to 1 MB > b) control-f (rotating board which goes AUTOMATIC sometimes) resets learning > c) if you start default the fritz engine instead of uci engine, as Ed > Schroeder reports that means you already start at 5% score disadvantage I can't remember I ever said such a thing. Perhaps you meant 5% speed loss vs a native CB engine in a match, that could be true. But I never said such a thing in public as far as I can remember. Wish you all the luck anyway Vince, Ed
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