Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 08:00:53 05/20/02
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On May 20, 2002 at 06:16:32, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 20, 2002 at 05:57:24, Yuriy Lyapko wrote: > >>On May 20, 2002 at 04:52:00, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On May 20, 2002 at 04:33:45, Pham Minh Tri wrote: >>> >>>>On May 20, 2002 at 04:15:14, Jouni Uski wrote: >>2.Why we always talk about money? If I do something as a programmer for >>pleasure, why should I ask money for it? In this case (at least, for me) it will >>be no fun anymore, it will be my second job... >> >>At least, what do you think, why mr.Hyatt didn't make his Crafty commercial? >> >>Best regards, >>George > >I believe that Crafty is done as a university project so Bob earns money >indirectly from it(part of his research in university is to develop crafty). > >Bob can correct me if I am wrong. If there wasn't Crafty, there would still be Comet,Anmon,Phraoan etc which are only a little behind crafty, and the list goes on. Care to explain why all these authors offer theirs for free? :) I guess there will always be people, who don't intend to make money out of their hobby..Some may just want the bragging rights/respect for releasing the strongest free engine, more than any little cash they can get from selling it to Chessbase.. And one day, perhaps one of them will release one much stronger than crafty..(we can wish, can't we?) >Uri
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