Author: Adam Oellermann
Date: 00:12:43 06/06/02
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On June 06, 2002 at 00:57:19, Joseph Merolle wrote: >Do you think these programmers have a genuine interest in giving us the best >possible program for our money with all these upgrades ? Or do you think we are >being used as lab rats and programmers are just experimenting (at our expense) >evaluating how ratings move on playchess.com and tournament postings that we put >up. Or do you think its both aiming to hit new highs (seeing what works and what >not) for Fritz 8. Mean while we think we are getting some awesome cutting edge >engine up grade and its just a trial run version. Really what I am asking when a >programmer puts an engine up grade out do you think they create it with the >intentions of being the final up grade? > > >Regards Joseph I don't think a programmer can ever honestly claim to be putting out the final upgrade, unless he's just lost interest in computer chess. I believe that engine programmers are driven by the goal of producing ever-stronger software; in the case of larger commercials there may be some layers of marketroids between the engine programmer and the consumer who, in some cases, might tend to obscure the honesty of the engine programmer's intentions (all your chessbase are belong to us). Adam
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