Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:40:13 02/21/00
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On February 21, 2000 at 20:41:20, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 21, 2000 at 20:31:27, stuart taylor wrote: >[snip] > >> Does any freeware pose any serious challenge vs. commercial software? > >Lots of them. Look at Will's list and you will see amateur programs handing >commercial programs their hat. > >Crafty and some of the other top Winboard programs will give commercial programs >serious competition under the right circumstances. > >Your question is a bit vague. > >Is the hardware unlimited for each? Equal for each? > >What time control are you contemplating? Programs sometimes perform very >differently at different time controls. I mean with equal hardware of between 4-800 mhz at near tournament timings. atleast not quick play or blitz. (sometimes we hear that Kasparov uses a particular comercial program for analysis. Would he ever prefer a freeware program if he could download it?) Thanks! S.Taylor
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