Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 01:54:39 04/12/00
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On April 12, 2000 at 03:51:56, Ritter Rost wrote: >>And I'm just saying again, "What does it matter to you?" > >I am interested in an independent and strong SSDF which does not have to fear >legal threats if they want to publish test results. This matters a lot to me. > >>Are you being bullied or prosecuted - No >>Are the people being "bullied & prosecuted" publishing the results anyway - Yes. > >No they are not. See several posts of Bertil Eklunds on the matter. Ossi Weiner >forbade them to publish the results of Genius, Zarkov and WChess. > > >>My view from here is you are Anonomously trying to bring a private conflict into >>a public forum. > >For computer chess the authenticity and independence of the SSDF as the only >major testing institution is not a private matter. Nor is the behaviour of the >major software publishers. > >> >>The major achievement of this is a lot of discussion about the legality of your >>original post & the possibility that CCC or the Moderators could be in legal >>trouble because of Your post. > >CCC is a healthy, strong and commercially independent forum which can survive a >little controversy as long as it remains free of _personal_ attacks, Tina. Some >excitement here and there may even help to raise the number of visits/members. > >Furthermore there is no need to refer to my unthoughtful original post which has >been thankfully deleted. I am simply quoting SSDF member Bertil Eklund in this >thread. > >Bottom line: I would like the SSDF to be allowed to publish all test results. At >the moment this is not the case. Bertil Eklund said that Ossi Weiner asked them >to suppress the results of Genius, Zarkov and WChess, > >Ritter I agree with your entire post. What I don't understand is why Ossi doesn't want the results of these programs published. They're all strong programs and I expect they would all end up within a few points of the top program. It seems like that would be terrific advertising for Ossi & co. -Tom
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