Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 15:52:31 08/21/05
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On August 21, 2005 at 15:11:28, Marc Lacrosse wrote: >On August 21, 2005 at 14:06:57, Stephen A. Boak wrote: > >>On August 21, 2005 at 04:13:16, Marc Lacrosse wrote: >> >>[..] >> >>>But it seems that citing Anthony alone without even mentioning Fruit when >>>praising the advent of noncommercials is bit biased, to say the least. >>> >>>Marc >> >>It seems also that well-deserved praise of a magnificent victor is unjustly >>diluted by looking around to spread one's commendations on other competitors. >> >>Anything less than wholehearted (unreserved, unrestricted) praise is a bit >>biased, to say the least. > >Sure you do only read what suits you. > >I think that I have posted some of the most enthusiastic posts regarding Zappa's >achievements all along the week. > >I did it largely before it became so consensual to be as over-bidding as >possible. > >see for example this one (443485): > >"Subject: Re: Shredder-Zappa : two masterpieces in a row" >"In Reply to: Shredder-Zappa posted by A. Cozzie on August 20, 2005 at 09:15:15: > >"I thought Shredder-Fruit was the best game for long and then you come with two >true masterpieces in a row. >Congratulations to Erdogan and yourself ! >Your price wil be more than fully deserved >Marc Lacrosse" > >I still maintain and confirm : >- that zappa is not opensource and never was whereas fruit's code is and always >was (and has yet been copied largely) >- that there are more than persistant rumours announcing zappa to become >commercial very soon. >- that I find this normal, fully deserved, and that I wish Anthony full success >if he goes commercial > >I also maintain that praising Zappa ALONE as the best evidence of a kind of >revolution regarding the present achievements of non-commercial programs without >mentioning fruit is completely biased. > >THIS is in no way contradictory to the fact that I consider that the level of >chess-playing demonstrated by Zappa is really outstanding. > >So you won't be surprised that I still consider Ed Shroder's post to be highly >debatable. That's because you are looking for something that isn't there :) Ed
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