Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 10:44:25 06/21/02
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On June 21, 2002 at 13:27:59, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On June 21, 2002 at 13:18:55, Randall Jouett wrote: > >>IMHO, I think should have entered the latest, greatest commerically-available >>Fritz and maybe an experimental version of the program, calling it >>something like thing "Fritz Experimental" or something. > >Only one program per author is allowed (very logical rule, think >of the consequences otherwhise). Technically, this is not true anymore: "The same book author is allowed to compete more than once with the same book or a different book." Combined with: Additional Rule 2 Each participant should mention the book author(s) in the list of program authors. Miguel > >>If the experimental >>version of the program fails to work out, then they really haven't lost >>all that much on their reputation. I mean, from what reading here, >>I'm sure that most people following the tournament are going to know >>(in the long run) that Quest is probably an experimental Fritz. Changing >>the name of the program from Fritz to Quest, IMHO, kind of makes them >>look guilty, as if they had something to hide. > >I personally find this morally questionable, as the direct intent is >to misrepresent the strength of the program, related to competing >software. (You make sure the general public only ever sees Fritz winning) > >Of course, sales take precedence over moral issues, I guess. > >-- >GCP
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