Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 05:55:41 11/14/99
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On November 14, 1999 at 00:53:54, odell hall wrote: > > > Would someone please explain to me the psychology or motivations behind >programmers who refuse to make their program available to the public. In my view >this attitude or lack of sharing, is no less than criminal, perhaps these words >are too strong, but these are exactly my sentiments. I guess I thought Money was >the drive behind all actions, that programmers would not be able to refuse the >allure of the might dollar. Take for instance Ferret, and Tiger, one wonders if >these programmers are rich and simply do not need the money. Certainly most of >us would purchase these programs if they became availble. Or is it that these >Programmers have a need to "totally" control their programs. Then they won't >have to worry about disappointing results, since they control all the conditions >themselves. Or they won't have to worry about people setting up matches against >strong humans without their approval or supervision. I don't know about >anyoneelse but if I was blessed with the talent of exceptional programming I >would certainly share it with the public and make a little money on the side. Trying myselve to make a GUI for my program i find this email as written above by Odell completely insane. It's very hard to make a GUI that can sell some copies. If someone doesn't want to sell his/her program and spare the effort and just prefers to play with his program without ever releasing it, then i can understand that completely. What you demand here is another talent: - everyone must make a GUI Secondly you find it logically that you get access to any program which is also an insane thought. Another very good reason why one should not sell a program is because one gets always compared with Fritz, Chessmaster or any other commercial program, preferably playing in a winboard tournament at 5 minutes a move at a k6-300, or at 'carefully' selected 'nunn test positions' or something idiotic like that.
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