Author: Pete Galati
Date: 07:17:36 04/11/00
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On April 11, 2000 at 05:49:41, Aaron Tay wrote: >On April 10, 2000 at 20:28:05, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On April 10, 2000 at 14:01:34, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On April 10, 2000 at 06:31:16, Rory wrote: >>> >>>>Hello, >>>>I am trying to get a hold of Bruce Moreland's program Ferret and I seem unable >>>>to locate any links. >>>>Can anyone help >>>>Many Thanks, >>>>Rory >>> >>>There is no demo that I know of. This is my fault. I am slow and >>>unenthusiastic. >>> >>>bruce >> >>You'd have a ready made but limited market. Ferret is a bit famous in some >>circles, but virtually unknown in most other circles. >> >>I don't mind it not being available, I'd like to have a copy of Ferret, but I'm >>not the least bit concerned that I can't have one. It would cost you literally >>thousands of hours of support if you released it (only guessing) no matter how >>you decided to do it. > >Thousands of hours? Wow..My respect for programmers who release winboard >programs for free like Crafty,Comet etc rises even more...Do programmers really >spend so much time on support? What type of support issues? I don't know what I'm talking about, and "thousands of hours" I'm sure is an exageration. Bob is very active with Crafty from what I can tell, and to a point where it has to be considered amazing. But consider that Ferret only has to work for Bruce, and Crafty serves _many_ purposes for many people. > >>Why not wait till the year 2005 and release it as an >>unsupported Winboard engine? > >Why this date? 2005? I'm guessing that in 5 years people might start to catch up to Shredder and having a program of such strength would no longer be such a novelty. Pete
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