Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 07:57:12 10/13/05
There is a discussion further down on the board with reference to a post that was recently deleted. Graham announced the deletion of the thread, and there was some follow-up discussion as to whether the decision was warranted and what the motives for doing so might have been. I would like to clear up what led to the decision so there is no misunderstanding. The post in question was from George Speight, a CCC member for a relatively short time. It spoke about how he was a friend of Chryl Maddox of Chessbase USA and how the Fritz 9 being sold by them was different from the one being sold through mass merchants. It also said that members of the CCC forum could get the program when it was released at the end of October for the discounted price of $45 if they called Chryl directly or mentioned George's name when calling. It included a toll-free phone number to accomplish that. Since ICD, and perhaps a few dozen other companies, sell (or in this case, will sell) the EXACT Fritz 9 as Chessbase USA, it seemed to me that it was unfair that such a commercial post should be allowed, and I asked the moderators if it would be considered against the charter. The reason to delete the post should not be that ICD is hosting the CCC; therefore, members should buy from ICD. The reason should be that the post was clearly a "flagrant commercial exhortation" which is forbidden in the charter. That levels the playing field for everyone. Back when the CCC was created (8 years ago as of last Friday), the Founders wanted to keep the forum commercial free, and ICD has honored that decision for all of these years by not posting any of its own "commercials". I would expect that the moderators will make sure that others honor that commitment as well. Steve
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