Author: Harald Faber
Date: 00:26:16 02/12/03
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On February 12, 2003 at 03:17:18, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 12, 2003 at 02:38:20, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On February 11, 2003 at 21:50:00, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>On February 11, 2003 at 17:45:52, Ed Schröder wrote: >>> >>>>On February 11, 2003 at 17:10:44, Yen Art Tham wrote: >>>> >>>>>Ed, are you going to be entering Rebel in future tournaments? >>>>>I (and most Rebel fans) hope you will, if you have the time. >>>> >>>>I have retired, so sorry. I still like to fiddle with the engine so now and then >>>>for time passing. When it is better I will put it on the net. >>>> >>>>My best, >>>> >>>>Ed >> >>>What's the difference between doing that and what yu did before? that now it >>>will be free and before it wasn't? >>>S.Taylor >> >>Stu, there is a world of difference. I am back to my roots, that is the amateur >>status making a chess program that plays stronger and stronger this without any >>commercial obligations, no more pressure to perform, no more commercial >>activities, no more user email, no more web-page updates and and and.....just do >>it out of pleasure again. >> >>The internet is a great thing, it also has a dark side. I started with the Rebel >>Home Page back in 1995, while the years passed the internet became more >>important each year commercially speaking. People started to order directly from >>Rebel Company instead of from their local dealer. >> >>The work involved increased and increased and raised to an unacceptable high >>level in the sense there hardly was any time left for chess programming. >>Especially the last 3-4 years I felt more like a full-time manager than a chess >>programmer, things had become out of balance. >> >>Last year I realized I couldn't continue this way, that my health is more >>important than working 12-14 hours a day. A certain tragic in the family made me >>decide once and for all as my family needed much of my time suddenly. >> >>So when you ask me "what is the difference" then I answer, I have my life and >>hobby back. >> >>My best, >> >>Ed > >I see no reason that you cannot sell Rebel even as a dos application to another >company and not deal with emails from customers. Uri, it seems that you have no idea how many emails Ed got... a lot! Answering them takes a lot of time Ed is no longer willing to spend. I understand that, we have to accept that. >I also see no reason that you cannot compete in world championship. For "cannot" there is indeed no reason. ;-) >You only need to send a special version of Rebel to an operator who will operate >Rebel. > >Uri This leaves the question who will pay the entrance fee? Wasn't it US-$ 500 to have a program enter the WorldChampionship? So what do you think who will pay this sum? Ed certainly not. Do you ... ? ;-)
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