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Subject: Re: Zappa UCI: You are all a bunch of HYPOCRITES

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 13:46:55 09/05/05

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On September 05, 2005 at 01:24:56, Sandro Necchi wrote:

>It seems you forget one thing:
>
>with so many products available the customers can and want to chose what they
>like, so it is not time anymore to impose a product, but to find out what people
>want and make that available.
>
>So, do you call hypocrites givin good suggestions?
>
>Pls. make up your minds before insulting people that like giving good
>suggestions.
>
>Sandro

Stefan and you should conclude that from commercial viewpoint your UCI idea has
failed for shredder classic sales.

Probably within a few weeks after release i outsell shredder classic sales (with
either diep3d or zappa, whatever releases first).

So being 'compatible' with fritz didn't bring much cash in the pocket for
shredder, if a new product like diep3d, within a few weeks can sell more
copies.

The conclusion is obvious that the average person who has no idea about
protocols, they just care for results. If Fritz can each new version have new
'bugs' in the GUI that just lose you points, then the customer dislikes buying
your product "because it sucks".

If then a few nerds who reacted here that you should simply do and eat what
chessbase is doing, then GCP has all right to call them Hypocrites.

It is time for you and Stefan to draw conclusions with respect to being
compatible and running under Fritz IMHO, instead of criticizing a decision, that
in diep3d we can load uci engines, without trying to cripple engines from other
programmers.

You can keep of course your eyes closed forever, but to quote GCP in a
conversation i once had:
1 producent == interface monopolie == engine programmeurs de kneus
translation: (1 company == interface monopoly == engine programmers get dicked)

Actively supporting that monopoly i definitely underline the opinion from GCP.

Vincent







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