Author: Mark Loftus
Date: 14:42:26 10/28/00
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On October 27, 2000 at 18:13:43, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On October 27, 2000 at 00:09:18, Mark Loftus wrote: > >> >>>b.) Anyone noticed that at last it is more or less officially confirmed that >>>Genius is history ? >>> >>>Regards. >>> >>>pete >> >>Where did you hear this? >> >>Does this mean that Richard Lang has given up working on his program? >>If so, why? >>Or does it just mean his deal with Millenium is over? >>I enjoyed his programs for many years. >> >>Mark > > >Programmers tend to abandon the field after some while. Sometime they just get >bored; sometimes they feel they cannot give anything new and stronger anymore; >sometimes they meet something more interesting and/or profitable to do with his >talents. And sometimes they are fired.... I have always said: there is one and >only one -or two, at most- paradigm really original and creative in any human >being about any endeavour they could perform. Once it is fully developped, game >over. >Fernando Fernando, I suppose you are right, and despite my sentiments maybe he has found something more profitable. Like the rest of the business world, the reality of business in computer chess may be harsh at times, no matter how talented one is. There's a time for every purpose ... Somtimes in my own field of work, mechanical engineering, I run out of fresh ideas and sort of go through the motions I am familiar with. Mark
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