Author: Drazen Marovic
Date: 11:04:35 12/30/00
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On December 30, 2000 at 13:35:46, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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 So what? As it stands now, you are making no money, so what's the deal surely a little money is better than no money. Since it is clear that you are NEVER going to make that interface :), what difference does the amount of money make! Further what difference does it matter if your program boosted the sales of another program? I guess you'd be insulted huh, your baby is to good for that i guess.
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