Author: Paul Petersson
Date: 19:46:29 05/04/98
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On May 04, 1998 at 18:43:54, Detlef Pordzik wrote: >On May 04, 1998 at 08:12:23, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>From different SSDF posts I get the feeling, that probably SSDF will >>stop their ratinglist service soon! And persons like Ossi Weiner and Ed >>Schröder are speeding up this by their childish attacks against SSDF! >>Additionally also some SSDF person have lost their computer chess >>interest (I am myself as interested as 15 years ago!). >>Let's hope that SSDF still manages at least two additional years! And >>they need our all support... > >As I've allways took side for the anonymus testin' people within the >SSDF - I now take the chance to comment this astonishing reaction from >my point of view : > >if it ain't possible to accept a done mistake, such as in case of the >very unlucky acceptance of the CB hardware, and to correct this mistake What CB hardware??? We haven´t accepted any hardware from CB. If you refer to the 64 MB requirement, then I can only say that it was inevitable. All new chessprograms that run under Win95 need more than 32 MB. Otherwise they get to small hashtanbles. For example: Shredder 2 gets 12 MB hash on a 32 MB machine, but Genius 5 gets 31 MB. On a P200MMX Shredder quickly runs out of hashspace on a 32 MB machine. Would that have been fair!? Furthermore, Fritz 5 was not the first program to run on a 64 MB machine. That honour goes to Nimzo 98. The CB autoplayer was a compromise. It was the only way that we could get a great number of games in a short period of time. In the next SSDF-list Fritz 5 will have played over 400 games. If we were to play that many games manually, we couldn´t have put Fritz 5 on the list before Fritz 6 was out... The fact that we accepted the secret autoplayer for Fritz 5 doesn´t mean that it will be accepted for Fritz 6. >by replacing the results by ones, done/ made new - as usually - not to >speak about an apologize towards whomever...... > >but instead - and here I speak about the responsibles within the SSDF - >react >like Mimoses in the rain towards any critiques.... The SSDF can take criticism from anyone but it is *only* responsible towards its members. *Only* members decides. And, as long as the members of the SSDF wants the list, it will continue to be made. Paul > >well - then they just gotta go - and put down this buisness. >The sun will remain shinin' for everybody, the next day - that's for >sure, so >noone should overestimate himself. > >And for me it seems - very astonishing - to remain as polite as possible >- to >brand Ed Schröder's reaction as " childish behaviour ". >This man did nothin' else but tryin' to protect his product against, >what he >suggests as unfair + unclear competition - and this, for my opinion, >absolutely balanced + sound in taste + articulation - >so, what the heck ?? > >ELVIS
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