Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:52:06 12/06/00
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On December 06, 2000 at 01:20:08, Christophe Theron wrote: >On December 06, 2000 at 00:50:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Isn't this the latest fad? Can you say "deep junior", "deep fritz"? Care >>to guess where "deep" was first used? :) Ie what could be more confusing >>than "deep junior" after there is already a very famous program that went >>by "deep blue junior"??? > > > >I wouldn't have dared to say it myself. I happen to be in perfect agreement with >you on this topic. > > I'm a big boy. I don't mind stating the obvious. :) > > >>Seems to me that borrowing from a "famous name" is quite acceptable, >>wouldn't you think? > > > >I did not say it is not acceptable or illegal. > >It's just a low commercial practice. And generally used by followers, that's why >I have been disappointed to see Stefan doing it. > > > > > Christophe I wouldn't begin to claim to know the motivation behind any of the look-alike names. I simply don't like the idea much. IE "crafty" is "crafty" whether it is a parallel searcher or a serial searcher. I don't like any of the following, personally: 1. the name is a proper subset of the name of another program. IE there is already a program named x y z, and the new name is either x y, x z or y z. 2. the name is an improper subset of the name of another program. ie there is a program named x y, and the new program is named x z or y z. 1 certainly leads to mass confusion. 2 leads to some confusion. Both seem to be 'strange'... IE on ICC we have had a "deepblue", a "deeperblue". A "diepblue". Etc. I don't like any of them. Since none have Hsu/Campbell/Hoane/etc behind them.
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