Author: ERIQ
Date: 07:06:04 07/29/03
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On July 29, 2003 at 04:11:30, David Dory wrote:
>On July 28, 2003 at 23:00:07, ERIQ wrote:
>
>>we should rename this forum to wish chess or something like that. It would seem
>>that everyone has one or two good chess dreams and sometimes I've seen them come
>>true like Chessmaster becoming as strong as the chess software elite, (well I
>>guess I must eat my words on that one), and windows version of rebel.
>>
>> Really, I never thought I would see the day but ed is doing it. imagine that :)
>>but mostly the dreams don't seem to come true like:
>>
>> nimzo toping any major list, like ferret ever going commercial, diep just
>>getting on any list, just one commercial version of anything on mac os, david
>>kittinger making another program better than the last (one of my dreams I liked
>>powerchess mostly for the girl voice), chesstiger going dual, chessbase being
>>more consumer friendly, crafty getting 100+ pts. stronger in this life time.
>>
>> and the list goes on and on yet day in and day out someone suggest one of these
>>long shots, Huh I wonder why ?? maybe it's just part of the fun on ccc.
>>
>>ok I just can't resist could we get the girl voice on chesstiger for palm :)
>
>I don't recall Bruce Moreland ever saying it was his "dream" to make Ferret a
>commercial program.
no I meant that it was the dream of others not the programmers.
Mac's only make up less than 2% of all PC's, hardly a viable
>target market wouldn't you say? Dual CPU's are also slim pickins in the home PC
>market, now.
>
>When dual's become popular, I'm sure Christophe will "make the jump" with a dual
>version. IIRC, he stated already that ChessTiger would need a major re-write to
>run on a dual CPU mobo.
>
>Vincent is working hard to get Diep improved on a NUMA type supercomputer for
>the upcoming World Championships.
>
>Crafty is still improving, but it's competitors are improving as well, so 100+
>pts. improvement would be indeed remarkable. It's important to remember that Bob
>doesn't just hang out in CCC and RGCC, and work on Crafty. The University
>actually does need him to work as a professor, as well.
>
>If you like a particular girl's voice, why not try to add one onto Crafty? Might
>be fun to hear it announce the moves, maybe like a Mae West voice ("Why don't
>you come on up and checkmate me, sometime?");).It could be a command line
>option, perhaps.
>
>I'm not sure too many dreams are not being achieved, tempered with reality
>though, as well as desire.
>
>Dave
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