Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 09:40:58 11/13/98
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On November 13, 1998 at 01:43:05, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On November 12, 1998 at 21:51:18, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>1) Are you still planning to make Ferret a commercial product? >>2) Will it happen in time for Christmas? (I'd guess no. :) > >Yes, but I'm also planning on a big long trip, but I'm probably not going to do >it until next century. > >It takes a lot of energy to build a chess engine, but it's the kind of thing >that is really fun to do, so you don't notice so much. > >Building an interface takes a lot of energy and in my case is more noticeable. Am I the only one who thinks the GUI of a chess program is completely unimportant? I would actually pay more for a text-mode and/or winboard version of Ferret than for a version with its own GUI. >It's really hard to imagine competing with these newer chess products that have >so many features and so much gloss. Rubbish. I bet most people have never even tried out most of the features in programs like Junior 5 or CM6K. Tord
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