Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:07:52 07/06/05
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On July 06, 2005 at 01:43:45, Madhavan wrote: >On July 05, 2005 at 12:17:27, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On July 05, 2005 at 08:41:25, Madhavan wrote: >> >>>Its better to release a standalone engine with its own GUI,when a programmer >>>gives protocol support for engines,his programming economy decreases. >> >>Utter nonesense. > >Wouldn't you say Chess Genius profits more than a chess engine,because it has >its own GUI. No Chess Genius has a history. It was simply the best chess engine in the past (near 1990). > >>>It's either of 2 reasons,programmer will obtain less amount or testers do tests >>>reporting result and detecting bugs. >> >>Utter nonesense. > >Let me get this straight to you,If you make your beowulf engine commercial,with >engine alone and not GUI,then you will get a few amount and testers who bought >the engine will do tests and report bugs to you,they don't play with your engine > >Don't say "how do you know",its fact. > >>>player 'd too become a tester,sometimes he gets bored always being engine's >>>victim. >> >>Almost all tests are engine verses engine. People who get bored getting bashed >>by a machine will not suddenly become enthralled because you put a new face on >>it. > >you bet,Let's explain chess program vs chess program to some buyer that doesnt >know it,he buys software for playing with it. No need to buy programs for that purpose. There is more than enough free programs to play against them and the free gui of winboard or arena are good enough for that purpose. Uri
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