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Subject: let the man make some money

Author: Joseph Ciarrochi

Date: 12:33:33 01/10/06

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even if vasik aggressively advertises rybka, i think that it fine. He has
delivered a great product and i hope that enough people recognize this and buy
it, so that he can keep developing it.

my fear is that these talented programers will leave the chess programing,
becasue they simply can't afford it.

best
J


On January 10, 2006 at 08:58:39, Gabor Szots wrote:

>Hi Arnon,
>
>>Excuse me for the shallow language, but -
>>Why do you *hate* Rybka so much?
>
>I don't think there is a chess program I hate. For me Rybka is just another
>engine. With my level I will never understand why it is better than any other
>program. For me testing is equal to finding bugs.
>
>>All your posts are filled with baseless anti-Rybka propaganda and from the day
>>it was released you used every opportunity you had to bash and disrespect it.
>
>Please quote some of my messages to prove this. But please omit those in which I
>expressed my objection against announcing deadlines and not keeping them. Or
>promising improvements but not including them. You remember how often the home
>page was modified, don't you?
>
>>What's your problem with it, really?
>
>There is only one thing I don't like in Rybka. The marketing policy. It is too
>aggressive for my taste. But I can accept that that is the only way to make a
>living from it.
>I once called Vasik a great psychologist. And I mean it.
>
>Gábor



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