Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 08:28:28 09/27/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 11:17:40, Uri Blass wrote: >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 How about Arena? /s
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