Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:46:21 06/24/98
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On June 24, 1998 at 13:23:16, Steven Schwartz wrote: >On June 24, 1998 at 12:57:08, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 24, 1998 at 12:07:45, Steven Schwartz wrote: >> >>>On June 24, 1998 at 12:05:40, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>> >>>>We have two new ones for you... >>>> 1) What percentage of chess-playing software is pirated? >>>> 2) What programs have you owned? >>>> >>>>Go back to the message board, click on "CCC Opinion Poll", >>>>and place your votes. You can check on the ongoing results >>>>as often as you would like. All previous poll results may >>>>be found there as well. >>>> >>>>Thanks to Fernando and Amir for the ideas. >>>> >>>>- Steve >>> >>>By the way... Your votes are always confidential. We have no >>>access to how people vote. >>>- Steve >> >> >>one notable oversight: "crafty" is not on your list. at last count, >>it had been downloaded by over 240,000 *different* hosts, which is >>probably an understatement, since "aol.com" counts as "one"... >> >>Bob > >There was discussion about Crafty, for certainly it is notable, >but we decided that since it was not a commercial venture, we >would leave it off. Including Crafty would have opened the door >for hundreds of "shareware" programs. > >However, we are planning a follow-up poll, at a future date, that >will involve Crafty. >- Steve I misinterpreted. I saw "Rebel Decade" for example, which is a "freeware" sort of program... As well as some few of the others that I thought were long since "freeware"... Bob
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