Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 10:29:08 09/06/05
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On September 06, 2005 at 09:03:50, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >I don't understand why you are offended. My post may have said "you're all" but >went on to clarify what I meant. > >"I will not buy Zappa if it doesn't support UCI" is not a suggestion. I never sais this! I said I think the UCI support is a MUST today. This is completely different!!!!!! I said I am not going to buy a program which has not a auto232 feature. I did not for ChessMaster products and I will not for any other product no matter how strong it is. You have called me Hypocrate, as beìng included in your post direct to other people as well. I have given suggestions and told my idea, so maybe one cannot agree but I think there are no reasons to call me that way. I never spoke badly about other programs and did support them anyway because I love chess and chess programs, but do not want to hear about program made totally or partially from who is offending other people without reasons or do not have education of respect for other people. This is way far important to me, so my reaction would be quite heavy. I do not want to annoy people here so I stop here. Good luck and goodbye Sandro T > >It's a statement. In fact, it was usually stated as a threat. The reasons were >in most cases either bogus or basically hypocritical. > >Just reread the thread: > >http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?447489 > >I have little respect for such people, just as I have no respect for people who >try to turn this into a personal issue by some pityful attempts at retaliation >like "I will not buy blablalba". > >It amazes me that so many people say "ChessBase is the standard and everything >else is by default uninteresting". They can't even fanthom the possibility that >there might be something better or just even something else, GUI-wise. This >shows how bad the situation is. > >This isn't an anti-ChessBase sentiment. I have no problem saying that ChessBase >offers an excellent deal (even though I have enough problems with it that I >don't use it any more). But I cannot agree with the people who are so >short-sighted to think that this monopoly is in the end beneficial to the end >user. > >If someone wants to attack this monopoly, I will loudly support them. For >business, technical and psychological reasons, you can attack the monopoly >better if you do not support UCI (actually, not run under ChessBase, but I don't >know any more reliable way to do that than to kill UCI support), but it is also >more risky. > >Of course, should the GUI of Vincent turn out to suck, then the point is moot - >no-one will buy Diep - Zappa. But Anthony and Vincent are both smart, so I doubt >that will be the case. > >And you don't have to make something that is better than CB in *all* aspects for >it to be interesting enough to be worth the money. Being better in some aspects, >some features that noone else has, or offering an alternative experience is >enough. > >-- >GCP
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