Author: O. Veli
Date: 07:31:44 12/27/99
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On December 26, 1999 at 20:00:55, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> On the other hand, if there were to be a master strength Fritz, Genius, >>Shredder, Nimzo, Junior, Hiarcs, or M-Chess Light, general public will have a >>much better freeware program to play with. Most of them will be happy with it, >>and some of them will want to buy the full version. This light version, if > >There you said the big word: "some of them". >May i redefine that as: "a very few of them". We can never be sure how many will buy it, but there is nothing that a programmer would lose in providing a freeware version. >Why buy something is next year the current version you can get for free? A light version is not the current version. The light version could be a weaker version and devoid of features that strengthen the program such as use of tablebases or opening books or anything else that the programmer sees fit. It could have the same interface and have no limitations such as the 8000 game in CB Light, or the 26 moves in Frizt 6 Demo.
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