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Subject: Re: Toga II appears to be much more than a Fruit clone

Author: Evgenii Manev

Date: 15:07:22 03/31/05

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On March 31, 2005 at 16:06:33, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 31, 2005 at 15:56:00, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On March 31, 2005 at 15:50:52, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On March 31, 2005 at 15:40:43, Dave Kuntzsch wrote:
>>>
>>>>These are preliminary results after Toga's first tournament. The Ku suffix
>>>>Craftys are private compiles with modified source. They are experimental and not
>>>>available for distribution.
>>>>
>>>
>>>It's a lot stronger.  Probably less than 1% of the code is modified.  It just
>>>goes to show how a few clever changes can have a big impact on strenght.  In
>>>this case, it looks like about 50 Elo.
>>>
>>>I would say that your subject line is highly misleading.
>>
>>      I am much surprised that Toga (a clone or modified
>>      Fruit) seems to be accepted by most people. This
>>      was not the case with other programs in the past :-(
>
>I think that this one is a bit different, in that the author has now:
>Complied with the terms of the legal license agreement (IIRC).
>Admitted that it was a clone.
>Apologized.

yes Fruit 2.0 Toga seems to be stronger than Fruit 2.0
but that do not make it a separate program
IMO we have to make a convention here in CCC to call it Fruit 2.0 Toga not just
only Toga

best regards,
Geno



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