Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 17:25:18 10/13/99
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On October 13, 1999 at 18:07:12, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi: >The long, long thread about Rebel and DB Jr remember me a more practical issue; >the father of DB said it was going to push a commercial operation to put in the >market a card version of DB, that is to say, something altoguether different to >the real, kasparov-killer thing, but anyway stronger han the poor mutilated >thing Rebel beated so easily. Anybody here know something about the current >status of hat proyect? >fernando All hype, It is never gonna happen, trust me ! To many problems. Hardware, Ibm, Cost etc. They talk of speed performance not achievable. Development cost ? who is going to pay for it ? You think they can get it back at $200 per board even if they could produce it at that price which is very unrealistic. The market to recoup the investment is not nearly large enough to compensate for the capital outlay. In other words, it is a pipe dream.
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