Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 12:56:58 12/31/02
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On December 31, 2002 at 13:21:04, Uri Blass wrote: >I do not believe that they have less talent than some amateurs that the >interface is no hard work for them. That doesn't matter. Of course they could easily do it, but there is _zero_ reason for them to do that. I suspect that most of the commercial engine authors would be of the attitude that their participation at an event gives it more credibility (and they would be right). There has to be some kind of compensation for them to do the extra work, and there isn't. Think of it in another area of life. If you wanted a professional athlete or famous author to come speak at a gathering, how many would do it for free? It would be easy for the professional athlete to pay for his own travel expenses (just like it would be easy for the commercial authors to write winboard code) since he has millions of dollars (and the commercial authors have great programming skill), but no professional athlete is going to pay his own way to come do you a favor (just like no commercial programmer is going to waste his time writing winboard code to participate in a weak tournament with no prize).
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