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Subject: Re: Ferret Chess Regret?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 13:56:29 06/21/03

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On June 21, 2003 at 16:40:40, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>On June 21, 2003 at 14:14:07, Eye Witness wrote:
>
>>On June 21, 2003 at 13:10:35, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>
>>>On June 21, 2003 at 10:36:51, Eye Witness wrote:
>>>
>>>Perhaps he enjoys being the sole owner of a one of a kind engine.
>>
>>So you agree selfish, thank you.
>>>
>>>Perhaps he doesn't like the idea of competetors analysing the engine to shreds.
>>
>>Again you agree selfish, doesn't want people to analyse chess to improve
>>computer chess.
>
>Bruce has created a great website
>(http://www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/) which is one of the best
>introductions to computer chess. I don't remember how many people I have
>referred to that website, but the figure is definitely above one hundred (most
>of them in our CS dept).
>
>He has also published Gerbil, an open source chess engine. Even though I have
>never got the chance to closely examine Gerbil's code, I am certain that it is a
>great contribution to the computer chess community. In general, publishing an
>open source program is far greater contribution to computer chess than
>publishing a commercial state-of-the-art engine.
>
>As to Bruce's reasons for not publishing Ferret, you can visit
>http://www.brucemo.com/compchess/ferret/index.htm. Besides that, it is none of
>anyone's business. Bruce has already proved that he does care a lot about the
>improvement of computer chess.

I agree and I also agree with Tom that all the subject is a troll.
I think that it is better not to respond to this thread.

Uri



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