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Subject: Re: New Poll Results... So Far Pretty Intriguing.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:33:28 09/28/99

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On September 28, 1999 at 16:28:30, walter irvin wrote:
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>i say all the software should be rated on equal hardware , even the old ones
>that you only see at 486  and 90 mhz pent  , to me it makes  zero sence to try
>and take the programs ssdf thinks is good or new and only test them on the new
>hardware that the average person does not have anyway .
You don't know what you are talking about.  The "old" tests were run on slower
hardware because it was state of the art at the time.  They now have newer
faster hardware and are testing the new programs with the new hardware.

>put them on even playing
>field , if a program really is better it will fight its way to the top with out
>all the extra advantages of faster hardware .who knows maybe some of the old
>lang programs might be stronger ???? doing it this way is like taking a wheel
>spinning it real fast , then throwing darts at it where it hits is who is on top
>, or worse in this case only having chessbase programs on the wheel .
This has all been discussed before.  Your position just shows that you do not
understand the general situation of the SSDF and are criticizing from a position
of ignornace.



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