Author: Pete Galati
Date: 13:15:10 08/04/01
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On August 04, 2001 at 12:57:41, Roy Eassa wrote: >On August 04, 2001 at 12:52:54, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On August 04, 2001 at 12:01:15, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>...wouldn't it be nice? >> >>Not really. I mean I know you're joking, but I think it's best to leave the >>Sargon name with the era it came from. >> >>It would be interesting to see if someone bought the name Sargon and use it on a >>new program, it would be interesting to see if the Sargon name itself actually >>had some sort of marketing value. It might. > > >I was thinking of two things when I posted the silly message. First, I wonder >if there was ANYTHING of value in the Spraklens' code/algorithms/design that >might be revived and brought into the current era. But also, second, whether >the Sargon name could be revived for a different program (I think it DOES have >marketing value) and, if so, whether the reviver would have to pay royalties to >the Spraklens. I suppose the question is, who owns the Sargon name? It's very likely that the Spraklens don't, and maybe never did. I never studied the company that published Sargon, but probably someone here knows more about it. A couple years ago I actually paid for a download of Sargon5, about $17 (when it was VERY obsolete), and it's rather entertaining, and shows what a crappy Chess player I am. Pete
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