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Subject: Re: What do mean these Fruit losses ?

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 05:21:20 02/27/06

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On February 27, 2006 at 04:15:39, Marc Lacrosse wrote:

>On February 27, 2006 at 00:46:35, Ryan B. wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Not to discredit Spike because it deserved the win but the games played by Fruit
>>on day 2 where with crippled search speed.  I am still unsure if it was an
>>interface issue or a cpu heat issue.  I am embarrassed that I did not have a
>>backup plan in place and I am sorry that I did not give the fans watching a good
>>match vs Zappa or Hiarcs.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Ryan Benitez
>
>Diconnections, abortions, two losses by forfeit, crippled speed due to heating
>problems ...:
>OK the earth won't stop turning (as we say here),
>and everybody guesses fruit will soon be fighting at new with the very best ones
>...
>
>... but how can this happen less than six months after deciding to go
>professional ???
>
>Wasn't it possible to buy one good PC for tests and competitions with the money
>earned so far ?
>
>What are Joachim and Fabien opinions on this ?
>None of them still seems to react publicly to anything.
>
>It's like you (Ryan) are left alone on the ship ...
>
>Will you be in Torino with a more serious approach ?
>
>Marc


Hi Marc,

I will make a statement here. ;-) In fact at the moment Ryan is the one who
keeps the ball rolling. Fabien has not worked on Fruit since December 2005 due
to other obligations he has. I hope he will soon continue with the
SMP-Implementation which he started autumn last year. I am currently writing my
diploma thesis and have no time either. Ryan is busy on improving Fruit together
with some stout-hearted testers and volunteered to participate in CCT8. In fact
he is currently the driving force behind the development of Fruit but I hope not
alone since at least I respond to his emails in time. Fruit never intended to be
a competition engine like Crafty and Zappa so we participate in the tournements
with olympic spirit. As for Torino we'll see.

regards
Joachim



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