Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 00:05:49 11/01/99
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On October 31, 1999 at 21:50:25, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>Here is what I do in a typical week: I edit and compile and debug (using a
>GUI debugger or a text debugger depending on 'mood') C programs. I write
>papers using a text formatter. I edit graphical images. I run a browser
>to prowl the net looking for things. I access many sites via anonymous ftp,
>as well as provide anonymous ftp for everyone wanting the crafty stuff and
>Eugene's stuff. I handle about 50 email messages per day, and run an email
>client with folders, capable of replying to email or postint to usenet depending
>on how the email was delivered. I read usenet news daily and post to it. I
>run Java applets. I run network monitoring tools. That is a part of a week's
>activities. I play music CDs on my sound system thru my computer. I run xboard
>to access ICC and to allow crafty to play there.
>
>The software I use to do all that cost me $2.95 to get a redhat 6.0 CD from
>cheapbytes. How much did you pay for _your_ software?
The question of the price is indeed interesting.
As we have seen recently, a commercial program running on PII-300 (Chess Tiger
12.0) has won a match against Crafty running on PIII-500.
So in short you get more strength from
* a PII-300 + commercial program
than from
* a PIII-500 + Crafty 16.18
Given the difference in price between these hard/soft combinations, I say that
to reach a given strength, the commercial program is CHEAPER than Crafty.
This is true for other commercial programs as well, Tiger is just an example.
Christophe
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