Author: Keith Evans
Date: 17:05:23 03/10/04
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On March 10, 2004 at 03:19:48, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 09, 2004 at 20:59:06, Keith Evans wrote: > >>On March 09, 2004 at 09:06:11, Zheng Zhixian wrote: >> >>>On March 09, 2004 at 05:53:24, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On March 09, 2004 at 05:17:32, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>> >>>>>Everybody agrees: Hydra is best computer, but Shredder best software? What's >>>>>next Chessbase engine? >>>>> >>>>>Jouni >>> >>> >>>>After all not everybody cares about making money and I understood that the >>>>programmer of smarthink is not going to sell it for ideaological reasons even if >>>>it beomes number 1. >>> >>>No, I understand differently. >>> >>> >>> >>>>Uri >> >>Me too - isn't SmarThink the engine in the "Ultimate Brain Games" cartridge for >>AGB? >> >>-Keith > >Smarthink is a freeware program so I do not know what you talk about. >You can download smarthink here >http://www.aigroup.narod.ru/indexe.htm > > > >I know nothing about "ultimate brain games" but it proves nothing because >Crafty is also an engine that comes together with chessbase and it is not going >to become commercial. > >I remember from Sergei S. Markoff's posts in this forum that he said that he is >not going to sell smarthink and that he could find a better job if he wanted >money. > >Uri I think that this is just an issue about language - you said "After all not everybody cares about making money and I understood that the programmer of smarthink is not going to sell it for ideaological reasons even if it beomes number 1." Maybe what you meant was that the PC version will always be freeware. My understanding is that there are versions embedded in commercial products. For example: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006C29A?v=glance I don't know if any compensation was involved or not. If there was then doesn't that invalidate your statement? -Keith
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