Author: Matthew White
Date: 14:07:37 06/21/03
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On June 21, 2003 at 10:53:39, Mike Byrne wrote: >On June 21, 2003 at 10:36:51, Eye Witness wrote: > >> 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 > >Bottom line - it was his right and we don't have say . My own sense (from a >distance), Bruce is a "perfectionist" and he never felt Ferret was ready. I say >that he may be a "perfectionist" in part, becasue on his website he has a whole >page devoted to "spelling" > >http://www.seanet.com/~brucemo/spelling.htm > >- listing many of the words I misspell often. Not because I'm stupid and do not >know which words to use - I'm a slow typist and try to type as fast as I can and >will often mix and match - there/their your/you're etc - I know there is a >difference - but my mind doesn't think that way. It's almost as if I type >phonetically. Now I know Bruce was not "picking" on me - but for him to take >the time to devote a page to "spelling" so that more more people will spell >properly indicates to me that he does have a perfectionist streak in him (and >I'm not saying that's a bad thing either -- in fact may be a very good trait to >have if you are programmer - but it's just an observation). > >Perhaps Chessbase should have more programmers like Bruce Moreland and fewer >like me. ;>) That was my thought as well. I totally understand Bruce's point of view if he chose not to release it because he didn't believe that it is strong enough, yet. I am the same type of programmer. Sometimes, it takes much longer to release a finished product, but I am much more proud of it when I do. Taking pride in your work is not stingy.
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