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Subject: Re: For programmers that their program is at least close to crafty level

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 00:50:10 12/22/02

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On December 22, 2002 at 02:08:23, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 21, 2002 at 20:37:24, Johan Hutting wrote:
>
>>On December 21, 2002 at 12:49:34, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>Hi Uri,
>>
>>>I believe that I have ideas that can help your program to get to commercial
>>>level or better than it in the next year.
>>
>>That's nice, however.. having a good idea or several good ideas and implementing
>>them are two different things. Why not implement them in Movei to show how well
>>they work? In that case you'll at least get more positive replies.
>>
>>>
>>>I know that there are a lot of programmers near crafty level that do not earn
>>>money from their chess program so I believe that they cannot lose money from an
>>>agreement that gives part of the money that they will earn from chess programs
>>>to me because without me they are not going to earn money from their chess
>>>program.
>>
>>Somehow this part seems quite insulting to other programmers...
>
>If it is insulting for programmers  who are not near crafty level that
>it is also insulting to myself because movei is still not near crafty level
>
>I did not mean to insult programmers.
>
>I did not say that it is easy to get crafty level but that there are a lot of
>programmers that do not make money from their program and are near crafty level.
>
>In the last first division of Leo a lot of free amateurs performed better than
>crafty.
>
>Uri

I'm under the impression that you want to make money by using other's programs.
I don't like your idea. Money is not all. Go away with your money and such nasty
suggestions.
CCC is *not* to make money, but to help one another to make better programs.
I feel sorry for you Uri.
Bernhard



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