See the documentation , including an explanation of the forms of bridge supported by Floater. The ability to play all of the above even if the Floater server in Berkeley is temporarily down due to net problems, earthquakes, etc. Many small improvements over Floater 1.0 and 1.1 Information will be posted to rec.games.bridge and right here. How to get on the mailing list and how to contact us. I felt that someone should do a good free Internet bridge game, and I felt I am one of the few people with the necessary time, inclination, and programming skills.
Competition is healthy.
But any exciting features we have that they do not have will put pressure on them to improve their programs as well. Furthermore, you can imagine they will have to think twice as hard about their high prices. In general, the huge growth in popularity and commercialization of the Internet over the past few years is somewhat scary. Floater is a throwback to the old cooperative and fun spirit of the net. An Internet bridge game isn't an impossibly difficult project.