Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 09:35:18 01/09/03
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On January 09, 2003 at 10:02:31, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On January 09, 2003 at 03:34:37, Frank Quisinsky wrote: > >>On January 08, 2003 at 22:19:28, John Merlino wrote: >> >>Hi John, >> >>how many chess programs in the world have such a bad copy protection (please >>thinking)? >> >>The user is TheKing and not a programmer. >>So a better name for TheKing is = LongLiveABadProtection 3.12x >> >>But all this is not many important, I mean if we have 172 WB engines and only >>one of this programs have a copy protection. >> >>John, I am thinking that Chessmaster is a really strong and very good GUI (no >>doubt about it) and I can say ... buy the program and you have fun ... but for >>Winboarder's and other engine lovers is the copy protection more as bad. >> >>What do you think how many minutes need all users to put TheKing in other GUIs. >>Maybe 3 or more years ... >> >>I hope you understand now what I will say. > >Hey Frank, > >I'm not sure I understand your argument. If the engine was intended to run >flawlessly outside the Chessmaster GUI, then you would be right that aquiring >the opk number would be an annoying hassle. That, however, isn't the case AFAIK. >That it is possible at all to use The King with other WB compatible GUIs is a >bonus in itself. If the King engine had been using another protocol, this >discussion would be irrelevant. > >Whether copy protection in general is beneficial is another discussion. > >Regards, >Mogens > >PS: Happy birthday! Hi Mogens, the first: thanks for your birthday regards !! This is right what you wrote but please ... We have 172 free programs and only Johan de Koning with a "Extra Wurst" !! But please ... if Johan or commercial firms are thinking that this is the right way! For me is the program not interesting, because I have no interest to give my time for a copy protection. In this time I can see five moves from a amateur chess engine. Furthermore, I got some mails in the last months from Arena users which have interest to play with TheKing under Arena. I have no time to answer of this messages, in this time I can make other more interesting things. Best Frank
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