Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 03:19:58 01/12/06
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On January 11, 2006 at 17:37:39, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >Hi All! > >Because this is becoming a real problem I want to ask you all. > >1) The appearance of a new engine is always a good event, hope you all agree? > >2) Never before - unless there was a scandal of some sort - a new engine was so >heavily in the new messages of CCC, do you agree with me? > >3) As you know we have some 300 chess engines, amateurs and professionals; how >can it be fair and justified that a single engine like Rybka is in the >headlines? > >4) Recently I read stuff of this sort: we should all give Vas something because >he also gives us so much; do you really think that because of this all the other >engines have no right to be discussed and supported? Please why? > >Let me answer my questions in a somewhat general manner. I for one see a gross >injustice in this appearance of Rybka, what is called aggressive marketing. I >find it absolutely against the charter here that forbids advertising. At least >in such a pusher manner. The point is that all other are forgotten or ignored. >For what reasons? Because they dont have the chuzbe of Vasik? Let me clarify >that I would tolerate such a vibe IF but only if Rybka were Freeware, but it's >not! In this case Rybka consumers are misusing this open forum for their own >interests. But all other programmers use the usual path of email feedback. In >special I find it is a scandal towards Bob Hyatt who offers for a long period of >time his Crafty for free. He created a special emaillist to keep the noise >outside CCC. And Hyatt has no commercial interests at all. > >Vasik had a good status when he presented his free Rybka for download but now >things got out of control. Hiarcs programmer Uniake has no time to even frequent >this forum and he has a program with a long tradition. He gets crushed in the >actual Rybka hybris. But again, all the amateurs are the real victims of this >forum misuse. They have no commercial interests and therefore CCC seems to make >them living deads. This cant be justified with no thinkable arguments. > >I know that now many supporters, fans and lovers of Rybka, also in face of the >very noble Vasik and his big engagement in CCC, see my statement as possibly >unfair towards Rybka/ Rajlich but I can only smash such reflections with the >cool argument that I have 300 programmers and perspective engines on my side! I >ask the host here, Steve Schwartz, if by chance commercial interests overruled >the normal procedering in CCC? > >Please excuse me, but sometimes the truth will hurt no matter how you present >it. B ut if I wouldnt speak it out an even bigger injustice would continue day >by day. > >Let's get this back to normal. I dont want to miss Rybka news but all Rybka guys >should also thing about all the other 300 collegues... > > >Yours truly, > >Rolf BTW - there will be a free version of Rybka. Not 100% sure yet which one, maybe the Beta 1. Still it would be pretty boring to just discuss freeware. Vas
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