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Subject: Re: in germany it is ILLEGAL to announce something on the package

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 15:18:57 06/22/03

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On June 22, 2003 at 18:00:17, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On June 19, 2003 at 09:19:27, Andreas Schwartmann wrote:
>
>>On June 19, 2003 at 06:13:20, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>
>>>and not to deliver it IN the package.
>>>
>>>
>>>such a product is against the german law.
>>>
>>>the law says: what is announced must be IN the product.
>>>Otherwise the company is not allowed to sell the product.
>>
>>This is rubbish, Thorsten.
>>
>>According German law Terry has the right to return the Junior 8 CD because it
>>did not include the promised Kasparov engine. He should get his money back. If
>>he wants to, he may buy Deep Junior 8. If not, he may keep on using some other
>>engine and spend his money on other things. End of story.
>>
>>Andreas
>
>Not true. It heavily depends upon what type of product you sell. For example if
>you sell the product bread and it has on the package "no gelatin/gluten in this
>product". Then suddenly people die in hospital a few months later becuase it did
>have just as much gelatin/gluten inside it as normal bread, then you can get in
>prison.
>
>In this case it's about software product. So things are not so clear here. Who
>cares btw for a 'kasparov' engine.
>
>It is common knowledge that the sold junior engines are NOT producing the same
>level of play it produces in the world champs computerchess. In short the
>commercial juniors are IMHO a lot weaker than the stuff the play with in
>worldchamps (if you do not believe that they were just plain lucky to win 3
>world titles computerchess that is).

There are other possibilities.

For example it is possible that Junior has different personality against
different programs and when it plays a game Amir changes some parameters based
on the opponent.

Uri



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