Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 13:51:19 09/27/99
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On September 27, 1999 at 12:47:03, Ratko V Tomic wrote: >> Plus the storm this would create against the SSDF if anything >> like this was true would practically end any credability the >> SSDF would have. > >Whether one calls it corruption or unfair influence, as I explained >in another reply, it is highly unlikely to pick all 4 from CB, hence >some behind the scenes mechanism CB -> SSDF influencing the SSDF picks >is likely to exist. This is especially so in conjuction with earlier >controversies including the same accusation of CB's unfair influence >on SSDF. In that earlier case, an independent evaluation organization >would have not bent to the CB and used their propretary autoplayer despite >suspicious score patterns and protests by other chess program companies >and authors. If CB doesn't want to compete with other programs on equal >footing, they should have been told, "sorry, we can't test your programs >then, you're welcome back on the list when you have a testable program." >CB would have been compelled to come around and provide the public >autoplayer capability since it could have only lost by being dropped >from the SSDF list. You never complained about the list when almost every top-program came from the Mephisto-family or the Millenium company, could this be a coincidence?! You don´t sign your articles with your real name. Why? Bertil SSDF
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