Author: Pete Galati
Date: 14:02:02 11/26/99
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On November 26, 1999 at 16:14:39, Nicolas Carrasco wrote: >Thanks for all your message Pete, You're welcome, I'm full of opiions > >But Bruce's standpoint was to find a guy to build the GUI as some days ago said >are there any other reasons? I don't know, I'm not qualified to answer that really. > >Can a privateware engine be more impresive and unpredicable at tournaments? > I think that if you look at Insomniac, you have to be very impressed with it's performance in tournaments, my opinion is that it could be released for download, but he has other opinions, I respect that. If you decided not to release UruChess, then I would have no arguement with that at all, but if as you say below that you will release it, I would prefer that, but that's completely up to you. Pete >UruChess will continue as a Freeware engine and will be released soon after some >tests. > >Nicolás Carrasco >http://www.puntadeleste.to/uruchess/ > >On November 25, 1999 at 22:37:31, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On November 25, 1999 at 20:31:10, Nicolas Carrasco wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Before writing UruChess, I was decided to make it a freeware engine but now as I >>>am finishing UruChess I started thinking the advantages of haveing a privateware >>>engine. >>> >>>Can anyone tell me that Advantages and Disadvanges? >>> >>>Thanks >> >>Off the top of my head I don't see any advantages of privateware unless you want >>to approach it from Bruce's standpoint and don't want to release it as a >>Winboard engine, and don't really have time to put together an interface (no >>small task). >> >>One posible advantage that I can think of for releasing your program is that you >>will receive suggestions and critisism needed to help you improve it, and when >>the general public can download a copy of your program you _will_ feel more >>obligated to make it good and improve it, and it _will_ get tested against other >>programs, so your pride will enter into the equation because you will want your >>program to move up the scale strength wise. >> >>I only see advantages (for most programmers) for releasing their program, and if >>UruChess only plays on Chess servers or tournaments it holds absolutely no >>interest to me at all, and in other words, if I _could_ download Ferret, I >>would, and I'd use it if I liked it (probably would), but I can't download >>Ferrit so other than being somewhat ammused by that fact, Ferret holds no >>interest to me at all, and I feel no need to get a copy either, the same would >>apply to UruChess if it was privateware. >> >>Pete
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