Author: Jay Urbanski
Date: 20:11:10 02/21/06
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On February 21, 2006 at 17:05:20, James C. Logan wrote: >Maybe some people forgot that the original offer included no book (please >correct me if I am wrong), and Vas made specific mention that a book would be >provided if there was enough noise made. He felt that the strength of an engine >should not be book dependent. > >OK - we made noise, and we got a book; and it should be a very good book. So it >happens to be in a format not to everyone's liking. It happens - I want the >shredder9.bkt to be in a universal format too, and I reject the idea of buying >the CB version of S9 just to get the .ctg book. How many complain about that? Is >it preferable to get a .ctg book rather than a .bkt, or an .abk book? There will >be many opinions. Is it easy for Jeroen and Vas to convert to an internal book? >I do not know that either. > >One thing I do know is that no matter what the decision, there will be those who >complain. If it was an internal book, I am sure we would hear from those who >want the ability to edit the book asking for a book editor. So, here is a call for an open book format instead of each GUI using it's own proprietary one. Even free GUIs like Arena fall prey to this. I don't understand it. Then maybe we would get some decent book editors too.
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