Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:48:48 02/13/06
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You are missing a major problem. Many professional engine authors have posted here, and answered questions, and the like. But you have _not_ seen them discussing marketing ideas, nor beta testing results, nor any of the other "behind-the-scenes" activities that go on the the life-cycle of a professional chess program. That's the difference here. The discussions ventured off into the "would you rather pay for a single copy or a subscription to multiple updates?" and so forth, which _clearly_ do not belong here. That's that part of this that has gone over the top. All the games played by Rybka are fine. I can skip 'em if I am not interested, but they are about computer chess. But some of the other stuff is beyond the limits posed by our charter, and as a result, need to be curtailed. For Crafty, I have my own mailing list so we don't see endless threads here about our testing results, program changes, etc. And since it is freely available, you would never see any discussions about marketing strategies, which simply do not belong here at all. John answered technical questions, he didn't try to sell the program here, which is a major difference.
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