Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:45:34 02/12/03
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On February 12, 2003 at 03:26:16, Harald Faber wrote: >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 understand that This is exactly the reason that I suggested that another company will deal with it. > > >>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 ... ? ;-) No but maybe other people will. If people can come to operate programs and compete with computer tournaments when they earn no money for it and become beta testers when they earn no money for it then it is possible that one of these people will also pay the entry fee. Uri
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