Author: pavel
Date: 04:57:36 09/19/02
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On September 19, 2002 at 07:47:46, Uri Blass wrote: >On September 19, 2002 at 07:35:06, pavel wrote: > >>On September 19, 2002 at 06:01:57, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On September 19, 2002 at 05:59:07, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On September 19, 2002 at 05:19:07, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>> >>>>> 1: Ruffian 0.76 20.0 / 24 >>>>> 2: Gandalf 5.1 15.5 / 24 >>>>> 3: WBNimzo 2000b 15.0 / 24 >>>>> 4: Yace 0.99.56 14.5 / 24 >>>>> 5: Pharaon 2.62 13.5 / 25 >>>>> 6: Zarkov 4.5y 12.5 / 25 >>>>> 7: LambChop 10.88 12.0 / 24 >>>>> 8: Pepito 1.55 10.0 / 24 >>>>> 9: Quark 1.76 10.0 / 24 >>>>>10: Shredder 3.0 10.0 / 24 >>>>>11: Comet B.48-2 10.0 / 24 >>>>>12: Gromit 3.8.2 9.5 / 24 >>>>>13: Nejmet 3.06 8.5 / 24 >>>>>14: Patzer 3.61 8.0 / 24 >>>>> >>>>>And still the only thing I know about program is the author: Per-Ola >>>>>Valfridsson! >>>>>Google search gives him 1774 rating - so his about mine level. But his program >>>>>seems to play around 2800?!?!?!?! >>>>> >>>>>Jouni >>>> >>>>The rating of the author is totally unimportant. >>>> >>>>I have some questions: >>>> >>>>1)How much time did the author work on his program? >>>>2)What did he read to help him to develop his program? >>>>What are the free source codes that he looked at and how much of them did he >>>>understand? >>>>3)Did the author claimed that he is going to do the program freeware? >>>>I read this claim but not from the author but only from other people. >>>> >>>>I doubt if to believe it and I will also have the same doubts if someone tells >>>>me that one of Fritz,Tiger or Junior are going to be freeware espacially when >>>>the teller is not the author of one of these programs. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>Note that if Ruffian0.76 is going to be freeware only in 2010 then the claim >>>that it is going to be freeware is misleading. >>> >>>My understanding was that the claim was that ruffian is going to be freeware in >>>the near future and my interpertation is 2002. >>> >>>Uri >> >>Ruffian will come with the next update of Arena with the installation and >>without the installation, as a winboard engine. >>Just like programs like AnMon and SoS comes with the Arena Installation package. >> >>The programmer himself said he will release it very soon, from what I >>understand, he wants to port it under other OS too. > >Saying that he is going to release it is not saying that it is going to be >freeware. He will (most likely) release the next version for free, thus it will be freeware. > >> >>When will Ruffian come out? >>The same time next update of Arena will. >> >>cheers, >>pavs > >Maybe the next version of Arena is going to be commercial program and in this >case all the programs that come only with Arena are going to be commercial. > >Uri AFAIK Arena will never be commercial. Just like Scid will never be commercial. This is my understanding based on the few e-mail exchange I had with him. Unless there is a Winboard Edition III, which is completely a differant story. I have the impression you don't want Ruffian to be a freeware, if so, why? ;) cheers, pavs
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