Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:52:23 02/14/06
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On February 14, 2006 at 11:45:30, Duncan Roberts wrote: >On February 13, 2006 at 13:48:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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. > >changing the subject slightly, I would value your opinion on Rybka. Is it as >good as people say it is. ? any comments generally about its strength. > > >duncan I'm really the wrong one to ask. Crafty has been on ICC sporadically the last few weeks, because of the offline testing I've been doing. So I have not had the opportunity to watch very many games to develop an opinion about what Rybka is doing better than everyone else... Eventually I will start looking at ICC games and then perhaps will begin to see what sort of "trends" I notice. > > > 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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