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Subject: I wouldn't call it nuts....

Author: Amicitia Stone

Date: 07:46:01 02/11/01

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On February 11, 2001 at 09:27:15, John Wentworth wrote:

>Most people in this forum have purchased at least a few chess programs and have
>commented on how they do against another program. Are people in here spending
>money on software just so they can play it against another program or are we
>actually using it?  I would willing to bet that the majority of us play the
>programs only 10% of the time or less, I certainly could be wrong though.
> I have read in here of people wanting to know what kind of PC to buy just so
>they can have a tough chess program, incredible!, someone is actually going to
>spend perhaps thousands of dollars just so they can have a tough chess program.
>
>  I have spent a lot of money on this stuff too, I look back on all this money
>and think what I could of done with it, I must be nuts! Like the old saying
>goes, a fool and his money are soon parted. Oh well, I guess I'll go see how
>much they are getting for Fritz6a now  :(

Ah shucks,
If it makes people happy who cares? :)
I mean, everyone has such busy lives if they can find something that they enjoy,
I say run with it. Some people call it a hobby, some say an obsession, I say let
people do what they want to do. Every person enjoys doing different things, all
work and no play makes people go insane!

Have a good one.



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