Author: paul bedrey
Date: 16:51:52 12/10/99
As an avid and sometimes frustrated computer chess addict I've often wondered what it would be like to play various commercial programs against each other in a neutral chess interface. I have racked my brain to try to balance the rights of the commercial programers(just financial rewards) with that of the needs of consumers(enjoyment of computer chess battles). I propose the following compromise. Old versions of a program be converted to the Winboard interface for a price. I would gladly pay $ 15-20 for slightly outdated version of commercial program X. This way a programer could get a few more miles out of an older version and hopefully not canabilize the most advanced version of their program and the consumer still have the enjoyment of playing both commercial and shareware against one another in a neutral environment. Maybe this might avoid the loss of an independent program like Mchess.
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