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Subject: Re: CTT-3 / Ferret and other engines

Author: Jonas Cohonas

Date: 11:29:33 05/28/01

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On May 28, 2001 at 14:15:36, Hannu Wegner wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I saw some programs in this tournament which are not so well known to the
>public. I would like to know if these programs will be published in some
>way (free or commercial).
>
>First of all I really would like to see Ferret available. And I think I am not
>the only one who think like that. I also know that the question why Ferret is
>not avalable to the public was asked sometimes before. But I try to ask one more
>time. In my point of view it should be very simple to publish Ferret as an
>engine. For example just as a winboard-engine or an UCI-engine (via
>GambitSoft!?) or as an CB-Engine. I don't think that this is hard work anymore.
>It would be so easy for Bruce Moreland to make some bucks. Please!! Bruce, you
>have to publish your engine!! :-))
>
>
>Then there are other engines as SearcherX, ChesterX, PostModernist, ShrikeX,
>Tinker, Butcher, Hossa, Amateur, TerraPi, monsson and Celes which are not
>available to the public.
>
>Are there plans to publish these engines somehow? Some of these engines are well
>known from the ICC. I already played against some of them. But to use them at
>home is something much more interesting.
>
>So any comments are wellcome!
>
>Best greetings,
>Hannu Wegner
>
>
>P.S.: My correct Email is Hannu.Wegner@t-online.de

I would love to see ferret avaiable too, and would be more than happy to pay 50+
bucks for it, anyone else feel like me(on this subject :-)?

Regards
Jonas



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