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Subject: Re: Article: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen explains the success of his program.

Author: Joachim Denzler

Date: 14:33:57 06/12/00

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>This was not the point. Remember that the winning version in 1999 was something
>above version 3. So I understand that it is version 4.
>
>But this is neither the question. the exact number of the version was not the
>main point for my question. The main question was why a Champion (of June 1999!)
>is sold for 7 US$.
>
>Then Meyer-Kahlen came and confirmed that it is not closely one of the actual
>versions. For me this is a very important statement. Perhaps it was too
>difficult to understand. The 7- dollar- program is presented as the Championship
>version (!) of the program by S. M.-K.. That is the point. No matter if you
>think it's not 3 or M.-K. confirms it is not one of the (good) complete
>versions, M.-K. did not play with a slim version of his program to win the
>championship.

I followed this discussion and was first puzzled by the price of the program,
then more puzzled by the answer of Mr. Mayer-Kahlen, and most puzzled
by the description of the box that looks pretty much like the box I got as I
bought Shredder 4 from ICD. Since I am one of the nox-experts that have been
mentioned below it would be very difficult for me to decide whether or not I got
the true version 4 of Shredder for the 100$, or something like a Shredder 3.x
version (at least I have the endgame CD's, and much more. "This should be enough
for 100$. Do you really expect to have also Shredder 4 in it?" - just kidding).

If there is really made no clear distinction between the different version of a
program this would be one reason not to buy this program any longer. How can I
make sure that I do not get an older version that has been on stock for a while?

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>The superficiality of such discussions is telling. My last debate was about the
>Deep Blue match and who was to blame for the bad climate between the two
>parties. If you isolate parts of a question you might succeed in finding quick
>answers but you can not find the truth. In a way the impossibility to find the
>truth allows a strong verdict against a certain party. If you are familiar with
>science and its reasoning this is all but totally new information.
>
>In our actual debate the point is that Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is responsible (since
>his name is figuring on the box and CD with the name of hcc) for a situation
>where his "championship (!) version" is sold for 7 dollars and he confirms
>without hesitation that the program is (of course) _not_ one of the complete
>good versions... In science we call it a contradiction. In science you can not
>simply produce contradictions without hurting your good name. Now the selling of

This is exactly the problem that I also have right now! Perhaps the next step
would be that we read here: "You have to buy Shredder directly from Millenium
2000 - do you really expect to get the latest version from ICD". Again, this is
of course overdrawn ;-)

>a product is not science at all, but it still throws a bad light on you if you
>try to hide your responsibility for a market strategy (to omit to qualify the
>technique with the justified verdict) and run away with the money.
>
>Must I repeat that it is written on the box that this is the championship
>version that was playing on a "normal" PC?
>
>Of course the expert knows that this can not be true because all the endgame CDs
>are not in the box. Of course this, of course that.
>
>
>Hans Gerber
>
>

In this sense I fully agree with Hans Gerber and would like to see a more honest
marketing strategy of Millenium (perhaps I live outside reality?!)

Joachim Denzler



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