Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:39:41 11/24/97
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On November 24, 1997 at 10:10:20, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>Sorry, forgot about the CCR. I don't get sent it, so never read it. >>Given the quality of the correspondents, I suspect it is totally >>straight. Likewise PLY, which I don't read either.... >>Chris > >Chris, >I just sent you a password for entrance into the CCR. > >If you EVER have any doubts as to the ability of a >chess "magazine" to be neutral when supported by a >commercial entity, I would like to direct you to the >articles by KK in CCR on the Sapphire II, >Diamond II, and the Karpov 2294, three very popular >stand-alone chess computers that we happen to sell. >I think "trashed" is too mild a term for KK's articles. >Many readers disagreed with his analysis, but the >analysis was printed exactly as it was written just >as all articles are. > >You will also note several very positive articles on >products that we have chosen not to carry. And several >very negative articles on products we do carry. Sometimes >I read some of the articles that are placed in CCR, and >I wonder whether they were written by my competitors! >But to keep things "kosher", the agreement is that >ICD will not meddle in the editorial content of CCR. > >But I think the best evidence that some "reports" style >magazines hosted by commercial entities can be trusted >is the fact that in its 14 year history, the two major >senior editors of CCR have been Larry Kaufman and Enrique >Irazoqui. I think you would be hard-pressed to find >two more trusting and sincere people associated with >computer chess. >- Steve Steve, I think this is an apples and oranges situation. The crux of this "issue" has been between companies that sell or specialize in one specific program, and also publish some sort of periodic magazine. And they often use this "periodical" to push their product, and in doing so, often run down other products. ICD is not in this boat... as you aren't developing nor selling any specific chess program... So this really doesn't apply to what you guys do at all...
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