Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:17:40 09/26/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 08:31:11, Sune Larsson wrote: >On September 26, 2002 at 07:06:43, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 26, 2002 at 06:33:35, Sune Larsson wrote: >> >>>On September 26, 2002 at 04:31:29, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On September 26, 2002 at 04:05:35, Yuriy Lyapko wrote: >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Better commercial ruffian is better than a better free ruffian. >>>>>> >>>>>>Uri >>>>> >>>>>Very strange statement. Uri, you have too much money? Windows at $1000 is better >>>>>than the same Windows free-of-charge? I really don't understand your point. >>>>> >>>>>George >>> >>>> >>>>My point is that a better free ruffian is bad news for all the programmers who >>>>think maybe to sell their program in the future unless the author is going to >>>>release also the source code but I do not expect the author of Ruffian to do it. >>>> >>>>I am going to release a better free movei but I do not plan to release a version >>>>that is significantly better than all the free programs even if I can develop >>>>it(I still hope that I can). >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>> >>> >>> Aha - in order to go commercial you have to be significantly better than the >>> free programs?! And before the line was set by the playing strength showed by >>> Yace/Crafty. Now it is Ruffian... So your whole flood of negative arguments >>> towards Ruffian (including mentioning virus and distrust of the author since >>> he doesn't post on forums) seems to spring from very subjective thoughts, >>> feelings and plans of your own... IMO, this is not the way to create respect >>> for yourself as a person nor as a chess programmer. >>> >>> /s >> >>I am not going to post more negatives posts about Ruffian. >> >>My suspect was based on the fact that the decision did not seem to me logical >>decision but maybe I do not understand and releasing a free program that is >>clearly better than the other programs is a better way to make money later from >>selling even a better program. >> >>Uri > > > People just might have other values in life than "making money" - at least when > it comes down to our mutual hobby computerchess. Look at Yace, WinBoard and > Scid - products with a very high brand of quality... > > /s I never used scid so I will not comment about it. I believe that the interface of commercial programs is superior relative to winboard so I do not think that winboard could has a significant commercial value. Yace0.99.56 is weaker than Ruffian so I also do not think that it has big commercial value. Uri
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