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Subject: Re: Objective proposal Falcon - Crafty

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:51:50 05/01/04

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On May 01, 2004 at 18:22:39, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On May 01, 2004 at 10:57:29, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>
>>>>I'm happy that we agree that the world championship is an important tournament.
>>>>
>>>>If someone wants to proof anything he should show up there.
>>>
>>>
>>>Or, since you always talk about how much better your program is than mine, why
>>>dont you just show up in Birmingham for a two-week match?
>>>
>>>Too expensive?
>>>
>>>Or you could show up along with Hiarcs, Junior and others at the next CCT.  Hard
>>>for you to claim _that_ is too expensive.  But come on over and show us how bad
>>>the "bitboarders" are...  Of course talk is much cheaper and easier...
>>
>>I think you should consider moderating your tone a bit. This is the guy who
>>might help you sell Crafty more than Shredder you know. Of course, the only way
>>that is even remotely possible, as Crafty is weaker than Shredder (no offense),
>>is for it to come in a more attractive package, meaning the GUI of course.
>>Vincent obviously could create a better GUI, and find a selling point to make
>>people choose it over others. Don't spurn him. The Diep GUI (categorized as
>>Secretware) is the most attractive one on the market, despite lacking any
>>features nerdy users want.
>>
>>                                           Albert
>
>Why would Bob be interested in selling Crafty?
>
>Why would Vincent help Bob sell Crafty?

You probably missed the stupid statement by Vincent, something to the effect
that he could sell more copies of Crafty than Shredder has sold...


>
>Have you been sniffing glue? ;-)
>
>Dave



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