Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:56:08 11/01/99
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On November 01, 1999 at 03:05:49, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 Heck, I'm sure that everyone out there buys a computer simply to play chess with it. bruce
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