Author: Robert Hollay
Date: 21:32:32 09/26/05
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On September 26, 2005 at 23:46:59, angela milazzo wrote: >Dear Sirs; > > Are you talking about a dongle? If so I nor my friends will buy your product. >I will not attach such a device to mine or any one else's machine, they are >hideous. You are just making it tougher on your legitimate customers, Crackers >will crack that dongle despite whatever fool has convinced Fabien otherwise. > > > You know I have been downloading and playing the Winboard engines for many >years. I am appalled by the fact that as soon as a program takes second place in >some tournament it immediately goes commercial. For how many years was Crafty >the number one program and Bob remained freeware. I and some other users will >stick with the current freeware engines knowing that by this time next year some >other new engine will be the one to beat. > >Thanks, >Angela Nobody forces you to buy commercial ones. I'm using only freeware engines too. Still, I would buy Fruit just to help Fabien in further development, but I cannot afford investments of not vital importance now. Btw, I have a feeling that Fruit2.2 is the "No.1" engine today, it's second place is only due to the hardware differences in the WCCC tournament. Robert
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