Author: stuart taylor
Date: 01:28:15 02/12/03
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On February 12, 2003 at 03:45:34, Uri Blass wrote: >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 HE will have to be the one to say when he has something ready, so he doesn't have to meet deadlines.
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