Author: Claudio A. Amorim
Date: 05:50:19 02/28/02
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On February 28, 2002 at 08:41:33, K. Burcham wrote: >On February 28, 2002 at 08:23:06, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On February 28, 2002 at 07:27:58, Claudio A. Amorim wrote: >> >>>I have been some days off the ICC, and now I see these talks about Ed´s >>>retirement... Can someone tel me what´s happening? >>> >>>Thanks in advance, >>> >>>Claudio. >> >>I am retiring from the competition, not from development. In more detail: >> >>http://site2936.dellhost.com/forums/1/message.shtml?215696 >> >>Ed > >probably just some kind of marketing strategy. you know how some stars are, >like Ali or Michael Jordon. they announce a retirement, so that when they come >back to competition, the attention is raised to a higher level. lots of money >involved. Ed is probably the first programmer to come up with idea, to boost his >earnings. if this retirement works out for Ed, he probably will retire >two or three times like Ali did. >I can see the headlines now: "Ed Schröder makes huge comeback, after being >retired two years, wins world computer championship with new Century 7.0. At the >awards dinner Ed announces his second retirement". > >good luck ED, >kburcham Well, I usually assume people mean what they´re saying, unless I have strong evidence on the contrary. Have you got some? Claudio.
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