Author: Slater Wold
Date: 12:39:00 11/20/01
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On November 20, 2001 at 11:35:41, José Carlos wrote: >On November 20, 2001 at 11:13:43, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On November 19, 2001 at 23:10:21, enrico carrisco wrote: >> >>>>>>>I appreciate all the participants, and the work and dedication that's going to >>>>>>>go into this tournament. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>However, I think it's kind of sad that none of the commercial programs have >>>>>>>entered yet. >>>>>> >>>>>>Well, I hadn't exactly considered HIARCS to be freeware... ;) >>>>>> >>>>>>-elc. >>>>>> >>>>>>>There is still plenty of time to register, so I hope before it's too late, Chess >>>>>>>Tiger 14.0, Gambit Tiger 2.0, Deep Fritz, Deep Shredder, and Deep Junior are on >>>>>>>this list. Nimzo and Little Goliath would be nice to see too. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Slate >>>>> >>>>>Yea, but it's beta. I don't consider it commercial. >>>>> >>>>>I consider it in the class of Ferret. >>> >>>So if a beta version of Fritz or Nimzo shows up, it too should not be considered >>>commercial, but in the class of Ferret. I'm not sure where you're going with >>>this. >>> >>>-elc. >> >>If a computer program enters that is not publicly available I cannot see calling >>it "commercial". >> >>I can't make it anymore simple than that. > > Come on! Fritz 6 with some changes can be called Fritz 7, so it is the same >program, with some changes: "different versions of the same program". Hence, a >commercial program with some changes is still the same program, so still >commercial. > It's easy to understand... > > José C. Well of course. But I talk to Enrico a lot, and from what I understand it's almost a completly rebuilt engine.
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