Author: Walter Faxon
Date: 16:21:34 09/27/05
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On September 27, 2005 at 17:57:33, John Merlino wrote: >On September 27, 2005 at 15:24:56, ERIQ wrote: > >>On September 27, 2005 at 00:42:23, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 27, 2005 at 00:17:40, ERIQ wrote: >>> >>>>Hi all I just purchased a copy of Majestic chess and after looking at it again I >>>>could help but think of a few ways to make it better. >>>> >>>>1. add ability to play uci engines in interface >>>>2. add ability to play on ICC >>>>3. add engine vs. engine match ability >>>>4. add time to depth in eval plus save/export games in pgn. >>>>5. add ability to eval your games both forward and/or backward and add pretty >>>>girl voice saying nice things :) >>>> >>>>yep, that would do it for me. New worth of interface *priceless* >>> >>>This is nice and all, but Vivendi killed the development of the Majestic Chess >>>line two years ago, and stopped supporting it a few months ago. >>> >>>jm >> >>So what will happen to all the work that was put into this?? Today my son said >>that he liked learning chess better w/ it than me trying to explain those >>concepts. My purchase was a last effort to remotivate him and it worked like a >>charm he loves the story. Has this company considered selling it? there are a >>lot of programmers that could use the interface like fruit. > >I don't even know who "owns" the code right now. Fluent Entertainment no longer >exists; they went out of business earlier this year. > >jm Here's another silly idea for failed businesses to pursue: Raise some final cash by putting your IP (intellectual property) up for sale on the internet, like on ebay! -W
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