Author: Pete Galati
Date: 09:27:15 04/11/00
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On April 11, 2000 at 10:17:36, Pete Galati wrote: >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 Oops, I meant to say "Ferret" not "Shredder", sorry Bruce. >having a program of such strength would no longer be such a novelty. > >Pete
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