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Subject: Re: Ruffian is here - Make your move Bob Hyatt!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:04:14 09/23/02

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On September 23, 2002 at 17:03:56, ujecrh wrote:

>On September 23, 2002 at 14:19:51, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>...
>>1.  A copy of a freeware engine with some changes or additions.
>>
>>2.  A copy of a commercial engine, aided by a hex editor to change strings
>>    to disguise what has happened.
>>
>>3.  A copy of a commercial engine, modified, after someone found access to
>>    the un-released source code somehow.
>>
>>4.  A program written by a current commercial (or amateur) author and released
>>    anonymously, for reasons I wouldn't try to guess.
>>
>>5.  A completely new program, developed by a completely new author, sight-
>>    unseen by anybody until very recently.
>>
>...
>6. Ruffian may in fact not be as strong as we thought
>
>:o)


That is always possible.  However, from its output, it is a deep searcher,
which means it is probably not just winning from a very good book...




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