Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:57:19 12/30/00
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On December 30, 2000 at 14:04:35, Drazen Marovic wrote: >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 :), Maybe it is not clear for Bruce that he is not going to make the interface. > what difference does the amount of money make! Bruce has the right to do his decisions. I do not like criticizing decisions of other people about making money. It is also the right of the programmer not to make money from his(her) program and not to do it free. I do not understand why people complain only about Ferret when there are a lot of programs that are not free and not commercial. Uri
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