Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:13:03 01/13/06
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One note... If you look around, 90% of the people that stop participating in actual computer chess discussions are those that chose to go "commercial". Or those that chose to do something after lurking here for quite a while, then go off and become ultra-secretive. The other 10% either would like to go commercial, but don't, or they just "burn out." Burn-out is fairly common. I can only think of one person that is still active that was around when I started competing in CC events. Me. Why I didn't "burn out" I have no idea. And I haven't done so to date either... The ones of us still releasing source code, or even if we are not, we still choose to "hold nothing back" _still_ continue to discuss computer chess ideas. I've been quieter than usual, because I have been busier than usual here at UAB, and also because of the major changes being made in Crafty to get ready for the next WCCC. But eventually, everything I have been doing will become public, and that will continue so long as I am able to continue doing this stuff, hopefully for many years yet to go... Remember that it is just as reasonable to _start_ a thread on some CC topic as it is to wait for others to start it, and then jump in. In the past few years, many have chosen to "go commercial" and that ends their participation in technical discussions. That is sad, but it happens. Fortunately there are still a few around that will continue to discuss things, and continue to push themselves (and the silent lurkers) forward year by year. One simply has to decide whether to be an active participant or just a lurker...
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