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Subject: Re: Did Ferret ever become Freeware?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 21:22:01 11/16/04

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On November 16, 2004 at 20:14:23, Jonas Bylund wrote:

>On November 16, 2004 at 19:49:37, Dick Long wrote:
>
>>On November 16, 2004 at 19:32:57, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>On November 16, 2004 at 19:13:03, Dick Long wrote:
>>>
>>>>Did Ferret ever become Freeware? If so where can you get it? Just wondering
>>>>because Bruce after years of promise never has and obviously never will put it
>>>>on the market. Further it's not as good compared to other programs now as it was
>>>>vs some older programs.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>No - but it was clearly near the top at one time and at it's best , it was top
>>>amatuer for its day.
>>>
>>>Perhaps some day he will release it - but I have no reason to suspect that he
>>>may.
>>
>>Thanks , Too bad years ago he could have sold it to rebel or chessbase, and made
>>a nice piece of change easy.  He just kept hmmming and hawing, i was like come
>>on bruce. He just refused.  Tsk Tsk Tsk.
>
>
>Not everbody is interested in money...

Of course but Bruce also never made it a free program and never sent it to
tournaments like Leo's WBEC so everybody could see what is it's strength
relative to other programs on equal hardware.

Uri



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