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Subject: Re: If you could take the best parts from each Chess program.........

Author: Pillsbury

Date: 02:16:52 12/11/99

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On December 10, 1999 at 07:38:22, blass uri wrote:

>On December 09, 1999 at 11:40:17, Chris Carson wrote:
>
>>GUI-Winboard
>>Engine-Crafty
>>Opening Book-Dann Corbit's
>>Chess DB program-Extract
>>Latest GM games-TWIC (The week in Chess)
>>
>>And I wish it would all be free!
>>And I want all the source!
>>
>>Oh, it is and I have it!  :)
>>
>>I guess I am very happy with what I have!  :)
>
>I do not think that crafty is the best in everything.
>There are positions when crafty is best but there are positions when other
>programs are better.
>
>I am not so happy with the fact that crafty is free because it makes it hard for
>people to make money from chess programs.
>



Could this be true?? Or could this be a joke??

Just because Crafty is free Tiger, Fritz, Hiarcs, Shredder, Rebel are all not
selling that much!!!

Why not price it just a bit higher than these and see the result? If Crafty is
not motivated by money, he ( or the programmer ) can contribute the money he
makes towards the development of chess. In this case we can all acknowledge in
real terms its contribution!

The fittest will survive in hundred years!

Thanks

raj

\
>It was better if it was not free and people could get the source code or the
>program only by paying money.
>
>Uri



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