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Subject: Re: ...So maybe I'll put some text in the message this time... :)

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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