Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:29:24 10/31/99
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On October 31, 1999 at 02:22:42, Micheal Cummings wrote: >On October 31, 1999 at 00:09:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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. > >Not really, the only freeware I use, is my web browser (that is only free cause >netscape and microsoft want to battle it out to dominate the web) and a image >viewer Iview32. > >There maybe one or two other programs that I use that are free, but these >usually are web download managers which you have to put up with advertising. > have you ever ftp'ed a file? Have you ever sent email? Both run through freeware packages. The list is simply too long to enumerate. >Freeware chess programs might be strong. But from all the freeware and even >shareware stuff on the market and net. 97% of FREEWARE is just crap. And people >would only use it cause it is free, I used alot of shareware and freeware, but >when I find a good commercial product is is way ahead and I buy that. > >eg : Lotus organiser, I have many shareware and freeware in PIM, they all got >deleted once this thing hit my computer. > >Biggest difference is games, no freeware game can come close to 95% of >commercial games. > >For me, after all the freeware and including lesser shareware that I have seen >and used and tested, 85% of it is crap compared to a commercial equivalent. > >So you answer the thought is wrong is in my opinion only for a very very small >percentage of the freeware market. Maybe 3%, if even that. You simply don't realize what you are using is mainly freeware. Unless you buy a windows system, and don't connect it to the net. Then you are in the micro- soft world. Once you touch the internet, the majority of the software driving the internet is _all_ freeware...
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