Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:10:34 09/27/02
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On September 27, 2002 at 11:28:28, Sune Larsson wrote: >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 I do not know I never tried it I do not know if it could have a significant commercial value. Uri
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