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Subject: Re: Shredder, ChessBits and Marcus Kaestner

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:00:45 10/02/00

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On October 02, 2000 at 09:40:35, Helmut Conrady wrote:

>On October 02, 2000 at 09:11:44, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>
>>
>>[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
>
>Where did Marcus say he tested the London version?
>
>Helmut

I remember that he said that Rebel and tiger are better than shredder in the
endgame.

I remember that people understood that he meant that shredder(london) is better
because he did not say shredder4.16 from june 2000 is weaker than...

I am not sure if Marcus said shredder(london) is weaker.

The problem with marcus is that he does not say "I do not know" and I cannot
believe to someone who pretend to know everything.

It is better if he gives only information that he knows.
He can give information about shredder4.16(June 2000) and about Rebel beta or
tiger beta and I have no problem with it but he cannot say something about
programs that he did not test.

Uri



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