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Subject: Re: why isn't ferret commerically available?

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 11:13:08 09/04/99

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On September 04, 1999 at 12:32:28, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On September 04, 1999 at 12:18:07, odell hall wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>  It looks like there is absolutely no access to ferret at all, I would like to
>>know why?
>
>I am taking a break after the Paderborn event.  I didn't unpack the computer for
>about a month.  It's now sitting here running an interminable test for Vincent.
>
>Ferret isn't commercially available because I haven't written a proper interface
>for it, and I don't want to give it away via a WinBoard engine, or more or less
>give it away via ChessBase or Millenium.
>
>bruce

Wow, it's the first time that I heard you talking about this issue!
But don't you think it's difficult to write a good interface?
My reference is chessbase interface. Remember that Ed was so
criticized when he chose the interface for Rebel CP. BTW do you
want to launch the Ferret first version for win and for NT?

Paulo



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