Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:35:46 12/30/00
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On December 30, 2000 at 12:46:53, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Blas: >Maybe there is another reason besides that of money you guess -or joke about- as >one reason. Once you have made public your program, you becomes a prisoner of it >in order to keep it all the time in good shape. He should be compeled to upgrade >it in a regular shedule so his program would not become easy prey of nobody. >Then it would not be anymore a thing of pleasure but of pain. Bruce probably >-in fact, surely- has another more important occupation than to program chess, >so he does not want that such a thing happens. Thinks in this: he delivers the >program and for a moment all people praise him, but a month later the programs >becomes somewhat obsolete or lose a game to this or that program and critics and >ugly comments begins. He wants that? Specially, who wants that IF the program >was top and won a tourn or almost? Then you are not a guy that is just climbing >step by step as Ulrich with Comet does, but the champ or almost cham defending >your tittle or almost tittle. Heavy task to do. >Happy new year >fernando There is plenty of truth in the above. But the main reason is a little simpler. I had planned to put a good interface on it and sell the whole thing. But writing interface code is not particular fun and I wasn't able to summon enough energy to do it. I have been approached about publishing the engine, but I'm concerned about getting a tiny amount of money for doing this, or having my engine be used as a "throw-in" designed to boost sales of the "real" product. bruce
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