Author: Eye Witness
Date: 11:18:59 06/21/03
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On June 21, 2003 at 12:10:21, Andrew Williams wrote: > > >I always think that if you're not prepared to use your real name, you shouldn't >really be criticizing others. > >Andrew Please point to the critical statement, no criticism at all commentary on actual events. People at one point and time really wanted it- now there is not the same level to acquire the program at all, a fact. He would not allow anyone else to have it or purchase it, which was his right, but again a fact. Currently i and i'm sure that most icc members do not consider to Ferret to be in the same class as top programs like they once did- most likely a fact. Commentary on a regrettable known chess engine in a computer chess forum Does Bruce Moreland, regret never releasing Ferret, and being completely >stingy with a program? There was a time where there was buzz about Ferret >everyone wanted a copy, would have paid good money. Moreland continually hemmed >and hawed saying the interface wasn't ready blah blah blah etc, etc(which was >his right i admit but stil blah blah blah). Now, in my mind at least(most >others i'm sure too) ferret has no commercial appeal, it could have been a name. > Now it is a "might have been", not not even a "has been", because it never was! > A shame a waste a program way past its prime, Ferret told me "it could have >been a contender". TSK TSk Tsk
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