Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 16:39:58 05/27/00
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On May 27, 2000 at 14:13:31, blass uri wrote: >On May 27, 2000 at 13:31:47, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On May 26, 2000 at 22:02:57, William Bryant wrote: >> >>>On May 26, 2000 at 13:10:33, Albert Silver wrote: >>> >>>>http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/061931.htm >>>> >>>> Albert Silver >>> >>>In reading the hype of this article, it is quite clear just how much IBM won >>>when Deep Blue beat Kasparov. >>> >>>William >>>wbryant@ix.netcom.com >> >>No kidding. For the next ten years the speed of every computer they release >>will be express in integer multiples of Deep Blue. >> >>And the wire services will continue to pick up their produce announcements, >>because they perceive that the public is interested in Deep Blue. They would >>not be interested in the dry technical details that would comprise these >>announcements if Deep Blue hadn't existed. >> >>bruce > >The question is not what the public is interested in but what very rich people >are interested. > >I believe that the buyers of their super computer will not buy it because of the >deep blue information but because they find that the super computer can help >them in other subjects and the knowledge that deeper blue won kasparov in chess >gives no information if the machine can help them for their needs. > >The number of calculation per second is clearly more relevant. > >Uri Every time it says "IBM" in a wire service story it is worth money to IBM, even if the people who are reading the stories have possibility of buying a supercomputer. IBM sells all kinds of stuff, the name is a brand. Each time your brand is promoted it is worth money to you, no matter how it is being promoted. Remember why the project got started. To paraphrase Hsu, it got started as an attempt to be more efficient than a single Super Bowl commmercial. They figured if they could get more impressions than a Super Bowl commerical, while spending less than the cost of a Super Bowl commercial, it would be a win. It was a fantastic win. They are still generating impressions, years later. bruce
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