Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Date: 06:11:44 10/02/00
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[snip] >Marcus is on the road for his job so he can't answer the coming days. > >Some comments... > >Marcus told me he has given a beta-copy to another member of your beta >team because the person in question (a well respected person totally >beyond any doubt) lost this beta-copy while you were on holidays. I >don't see any fishy going on provided the story is true. The story sounds nice, but this is not true. The person who got his copy was not a beta tester at this time and didn't get beta versions from me for quite a while. The statememt that I was on holiday at this time is also not true. >Secondly (according Marcus) there was no kind of non-disclosure >agreement between the two of you. Maybe you should be more clear >next time what is allowed and what is not? I think it is obvious that you can only test versions that you have on your computer. >Harming Shredder? You must be kidding. Marcus is a man of the first >hour loving ALL the chess programs like most of us here and as I >know him he is without any prejudices against any program. If you >read his magazine well you will see how enthusiastic he is about >your program. How about his statements that he has tested the London version of Shredder and found it inferior to Rebel and Tiger. There is nothing wrong with that if he had tested the London version which he hasn't. And how about his statement that Shredder's time is over now, according to Kaestner based on many games he has played with the current version he doesn't have? Knowing this, what would you expect if Kestner announces a test of the current Shredder version in his magazine? >About the magazine: it is out. I received my copy saturday. There >is nothing in the magazine of Shredder5-beta except in his rating >list Shredder 5 BETA is listed as number one. Is that harming you? > >On the front page is listed: "The new ChessBits Rating List with >the brand new results of Shredder5, Tiger II, Nimzo8, Gandalf 4.32f >and Century3!" I don't have his latest issue. >So he forgot to add the word BETA for all these versions as all >those engines are were not released when the magazine was printed. >Big deal. As far as I can see it that's about the only legal point >you have. Sorry Ed, it is more than that. I sincerely hope that you don't need a good advice from me. Stefan
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