Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:09:48 10/30/99
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On October 30, 1999 at 22:44:17, Micheal Cummings wrote: >On October 30, 1999 at 17:42:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 30, 1999 at 16:12:12, Pillsbury wrote: >> >>>Hi >>> >>>I must appreciate the programmers who do a fine job of creating a grandmaster >>>who waits for me round the clock, ready to play chess anytime. I even deside how >>>strong he can play depending on my mood! The price I paid is very small. I must >>>appreciate the commercial programmers. There is competition to make sure that >>>there is contribution, improvement etc., This is the way nature works. The >>>fittest will survive. >>> >>>I do not believe in 'free stuff' especially when I want the best! >>> >>>karthick >> >> >>Sorry you feel that way, because you are going to miss Linux, Xwindows, gcc, >>and a zillion other things that are as good or better than anything you can >>get commercially. >> >>However, there is always someone willing to take your money, so you won't >>be disappointed on that front. :) > >From my point of view I have nothing ahinst free stuff, I have found some handy >free programs. > >But when it comes to chess I have always had the impression that freeware chess >programs are not up to standard of commercial. This is clear in the interface, >but from tourmaments that people have run, commercial program always seem to be >better than freeware. > >Many freeware programs seem to be written more because it is a hobby. This does >not include the larger companies which produce internet broswers and the such, >cause they have other agendas to push. > >I do not use any chess program that run on winboard, cause I hate the interface. >For ICC I use Blitzn. > >If you wrote an nice interface for your program years ago, you could have been >rolling in allot of money, thats if you are not already. > >Mental thought dictates that Freeware is cheap in both quantity and quality. That thought is wrong.
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