Author: Roger Kyte
Date: 02:48:49 08/25/00
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On August 24, 2000 at 10:37:09, Pete Galati wrote: >On August 24, 2000 at 05:47:35, Roger Kyte wrote: > >>On August 23, 2000 at 23:18:29, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>On August 23, 2000 at 21:47:04, Roger Kyte wrote: >>> >>>>On August 23, 2000 at 02:25:13, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>>> >>>>>It is nice to meet people in person. If you haven't gone to one of these, and >>>>>you have a program, I recommend that you go. You'll meet some interesting >>>>>people, and learn a lot. >>>>> >>>>>If things are done over the internet, there is less communication and less >>>>>common experience. >>>>> >>>>>I'm happy to go, I just don't want it always to be me who pays for the 11-hour >>>>>plane trip. >>>>> >>>>>bruce >>>> >>>>You complain that it costs money to participate in a prize fund match. >>>> >>>>Also, you do not release your program as an engine for sale, perhaps as a >>>>chessbase engine, this would also cover your expenses and then some. >>>> >>>>I think you have to take part of the blame for your financial woes and not blame >>>>others. >>> >>>I don't see it that way. It's just not Crafty's nature to be a money making >>>machine. Same thing with several other programs there. It's rather pointless >>>to turn the tournament into something that is only posible to compete in if you >>>have a comercial program. Besides, why would he have turned Crafty into a >>>commercial program in anticipation of this event? Doesn't make sense to me. >>> >>>Pete >> >>Crafty ? >> >>Note the thread header 'Re: WMCC/Ferret? >> >>How did Crafty get in here, Crafty cannot make money because of an agreement >>between, Dr. Hyatt and the University he works for, he cannot make money on the >>program, hence it is freeware. >> >>Remember, I was only discussing Ferret. Please read my posts _carefully_ before >>you comment. Bye > >That was reckless of me. But apply the exact same thing I said about Crafty to >Ferret. It still applies. Bruce could turn Ferret into a commercial venture, >but all for the sake of an occasional tournament? No, it's not going to happen >for the sake of covering tournament costs. > >Pete Last year he came in second and could certainly have sold his engine as a CB engine. He chose not too. Now he complains he has no money for tournaments. I think Bruce has only one person to blame, instead of trying to hang others for his own poor decisions.
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