Igowin is over 10 years old. I still have the source, but it would take some effort to adapt it to my gtp front end since the engine APIs have changed.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason House > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 11:36 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [computer-go] On Don Dailey's first chess program > > Nearly all of my early games of go were against igowin. It's a great > program that I recommend to beginners. I even got my wife into playing > it. We've both looked into buying Many Faces. Igowin is an effective > marketing strategy, even if I'm too cheap :) > > I've always wondered if we'll see igowin on CGOS or as a competitor in > the open division KGS tournament > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 22, 2008, at 2:20 PM, "David Fotland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I see about 100 downloads of Igowin for every purchase of Many > > Faces, so it > > is certainly true that free is far, far more popular than not-free. > > > > David > > > >> > >> However, I would say to developers to not worry too much about a > >> seemingly high rate of piracy. Most software pirates are those who > >> would > >> not have purchased the program anyway. For example, a friend of mine > >> created the first iPhone Go clock (which supports e.g. byo-yomi and > >> Canadian time). He had it available to download for $2 for a week > >> or so, > >> and less than ten people purchased it. To boost his download stats, > >> he > >> temporarily made it available for free. Literally overnight he had > >> around 500 downloads of his program. > >> > >> So, if you as a developer see only 10% of the people who run your > >> software actually pay for it, that doesn't mean that if you'd had > >> perfect copy protection, you'd be getting ten times the cash. It > >> probably just means those 90% would never have used the program at > >> all. > >> > >> ~ Ross > >> _______________________________________________ > >> computer-go mailing list > >> computer-go@computer-go.org > >> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > computer-go mailing list > > computer-go@computer-go.org > > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
