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Subject: Re: Objective proposal Falcon - Crafty

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 22:02:12 05/01/04

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On May 02, 2004 at 00:51:50, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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...

Ah, yes, I did miss that.

Dave



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