Author: walter irvin
Date: 20:04:47 09/29/99
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On September 29, 1999 at 20:31:12, Gary Foerster wrote: >On September 28, 1999 at 22:47:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 28, 1999 at 20:18:18, walter irvin wrote: >> >>>On September 28, 1999 at 20:00:32, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>> >>>>Whenever Bob decides to start doing some major hacking on 17.x, I hope that he >>>>packs off a configured 16.last to SSDF, who could test it out on a 450 and see >>>>how well it is stacking up in autoplayer matches. I know Bob doesn't care >>>>comp-comp much, but it would be interesting to see nonetheless. >>>> >>>>Dave >>>people might be shocked just how well crafty stacks up against , the chessbase >>>elite . if bob ever decided to sell crafty , he would out sell every body >>>.crafty has no glaring weakness . on the plus side it has it all , even smp >>>which i think is a big deal .plus every body is familiar with crafty , has a >>>large following . >> >> >>I would have to disagree with the "outsell everybody". A while back, a CCC >>Poll question asked who would be willing to buy crafty if it was to go >>commercial (not a question I suggested as this is not in any plans of mine at >>all)?" The answer was that out of maybe 150 folks, I think 1-2 said yes, the >>rest said "no". Which further convinced me that commercial aspirations were out >>of the question, not that they ever were a real option... >> >>:) > >Mr. Hyatt, >Put your latest, greatest (or yet to be greatest) Crafty on the market, price >it reasonably, don't give it away for free anymore, get a copy to SSDF, >and should it be at the top of the list or say in the top three, you >can bet it would sell!!! people would buy it because it is good .it is of the same class as 1.fritz 2.hiarcs 3.nimzo 4.rebel and they sell dont they . it is clearly better than several of the others .
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