Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:10:09 06/21/02
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On June 21, 2002 at 13:18:55, Randall Jouett wrote: >Howdy, GCP. > > >On June 21, 2002 at 09:54:18, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On June 21, 2002 at 07:45:56, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >> >>> >>>Is there anything at all about Quest which is different from the commercial >>>version of Fritz 7? >> >>The idea is that if Quest/Fritz wins the tournament, ChessBase can say >>Fritz won. If it loses, they will say it was Quest. > >OTOH, I guess you couldn't really blame them for doing this, I guess? >(Shrug.) In other words, let's say that they decided to try some new, >radical idea that might actually add 25-50 ELO points, but they're >not really sure if things are going to work out in the long run. If >Fritz would lose, its reputation would probably be tarnished by the >ignorant public. Personally, I wouldn't wouldn't think this way, >and I'm sure most of us who here would agree. OTOH, they're >dealing with the general public here, and if Fritz placed 3rd out of >the pack, then the public probably be all up in arms -- shouting from >the rafters! -- that some other program bested the mighty Fritz. > > >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. 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. > > >Best Regards, > >Randall Call a spade a spade. It is a marketing ploy designed to mislead John Q. public. Nothing more. Nothing less. It is a way to exploit success while avoiding looking bad when the predictable bad result happens.
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