Author: Tony Schleizer
Date: 05:35:47 10/31/99
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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: > ><snip> > >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. > I like the freeware programs crafty and phalanx just as much as CM7K. All of them destroy me equally well, but in different ways. > >I do not use any chess program that run on winboard, cause I hate the interface. >For ICC I use Blitzn. > Winboard is one of my favorite interfaces. I can get a board to play on, get an analysis window or a list of games to look at. I really don't use other features on commercial programs. >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. I respectfully disagree. I think that freeware is right up there w/ the best programs, and the price is right. Tony
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