Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:16:26 12/22/02
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On December 22, 2002 at 09:35:21, Bob Durrett wrote: >On December 21, 2002 at 22:20:21, Wayne Lowrance wrote: > >>On December 21, 2002 at 21:10:27, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>On December 21, 2002 at 16:26:14, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On December 21, 2002 at 16:19:44, stuart taylor wrote: >>>> >>>>>On December 21, 2002 at 15:06:50, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On December 21, 2002 at 14:38:36, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On December 21, 2002 at 14:13:42, Russell Reagan wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On December 21, 2002 at 12:49:34, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I believe that I have ideas that can help your program to get to commercial >>>>>>>>>level or better than it in the next year. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I have a hard time believing this. If you were serious about this, you could >>>>>>>>spend the time to implement known ideas, and then you'd have a program >>>>>>>>approximately on Crafty's playing level. Then you could spend a year adding your >>>>>>>>revolutionary ideas, and you could sell it and then you would get 100% of the >>>>>>>>profits instead of having to split it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>If you have so many great ideas, why is Movei not commercial strength (or even >>>>>>>>close)? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Took the words right out of my mouth >>>>>>>Thanks >>>>>>>Wayne >>>>>> >>>>>>I plan to continue to improve the strength of movei and maybe when it gets >>>>>>closer to be commercial strength there is going to be bigger chance that people >>>>>>are going to be interested in buying my ideas. >>>>>> >>>>>>I am going to release a new version in the near future. >>>>>>It is still not close to be commercial level but clearly better than the public >>>>>>version. >>>>>> >>>>>>Movei of today still knows nothing about king safety and almost nothing about >>>>>>pawn structure(only double pawns) but I plan to improve it. >>>>>> >>>>>>Uri >>>>>So what's your problem that you can do something better with someone ELSES >>>>>program? >>>>>Is there some banned substance in Israel or something? >>>>>S.Taylor >>>> >>>>I believe that my talent is ideas and not programming. >>>>I do not think about changing the source code of another program but about >>>>telling ideas that can help to improve programs. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>You know, I feel the same way! : ) >>> >>>ALL JOKING ASIDE: >>> >>>The problem is one of marketing. How do I convince anybody to invest in my >>>ideas? How does anybody do that? >>> >>>That's not limited to chess engine ideas. The marketing and selling problems >>>are very real. >>> >>>Maybe a person with many good ideas but short on certain skills, whatever they >>>may be, should form a company and surround himself with good people who supply >>>the missing skills. >>> >>>The problem is one of investment. If you hire an employee, you must offer a >>>competitive employment package. Where will the money come from? >>> >>>An alternative would be for two or more people to form a partnership. Each >>>partner would contribute skills and talents not provided by others. >>> >>>If Uri is loaded with good ideas, [and why not?] then he might find a >>>crackerjack programmer to become his partner. Together they assume all the >>>risks. If success comes, they are both happy. If not, they cry together. >>> >>>Investment is another problem. If it takes two years to get return on >>>investment, who will put the food on the table in the meantime? >>> >>>I truly believe that several regular contributors to this bulletin board could >>>form a viable p >>artnership. It's just a matter of having sound business sense >>>and a whole lot of work. >>> >>>Bob D. >> >>But first you have to prove that your ideas relate to improved performance. Thus >>far your program does not demonstrate this >>Thank ou >>Wayne > >I can absolutely guarantee, in all honesty, that I do NOT have a program that >performs worse than the best program in the world. : ) Maybe that's the best program. Unless you can come up with something worse. S.Taylor
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