Author: Amir Ban
Date: 15:35:47 10/19/97
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On October 19, 1997 at 16:19:55, Robert Hyatt wrote: >Next topic... > >I don't know why Hiarcs withdrew. I have an opinion. If you want to >hear >it, here goes: > > Hiarcs was withdrawn due to fear of losing. It is currently on top of >the SSDF list. It is probably beginning to sell decently. A disaster >in >Paris could reverse that quickly. I strongly believe that any >commercial >program that chooses to avoid the WMCCC is doing so solely for >commercial >reasons. Tell that to the ICCA. They think Mark should pay them $1000 in exchange for the benefit to his business. Tell them they should pay Mark about $1000 as compensation for his likely damage. >Cray Blitz won the WCCC in 1983 and 1986. By the time 1989 rolled >around, >however, I *knew* we wouldn't win again, unless there was some >unprecedented >luck involved, because of Deep Thought. I had trouble finding machine >time. >I nearly decided to forget about it. But after thinking about this, it >didn't >seem fair to Hsu and company, because if they won without Cray Blitz >being >there, they would have had to endure the "If CB had been there this >would >have been different." A noble attitude indeed. Any chance of convincing "Hsu and company" to return us the favour ? I am bracing myself for decades of "if DB had been there this would have been different". Amir
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