Author: Dirk Frickenschmidt
Date: 11:19:43 12/20/97
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On December 20, 1997 at 04:05:49, Komputer Korner wrote: >This latest episode with Rebel Decade boils down to a question of >integrity. Ed thinks that I should have given him much more time before >posting my KK tip of the Week # 39. My response to him was that I >received the info from someone else and it was fast becoming public >knowledge about being able to access the Rebel 9 engine within Rebel >Decade 2.0. Based on how fast the web works and newsgroups in >particular, I made the decision to publish the tip because it would have >been published very quickly anyway.So I didn't want to get scooped by >someone else. ... >I assured Ed that if I had been the one to discover this, I would not >have published the tip without first consulting Ed. however since >others had discovered this and pointed it out to me. I considered it >public knowledge and acted the way I did. However so as not wanting >intentionally to hurt Ed, I emailed him and telephoned his home to warn >him. DID I DO WRONG HERE? Clear and simple: Yes The point is that you considered your own "advantage" of publishing something as early as possible - good for the image of the know-all-Korner - more important than the possible damage for Ed. And since you are one of the most often read multiplicators for newbies and other computer chess hobbyists on the net - due to your many articles on the user interface features of programs - it will be hard for you to deny any responsibility. How can Ed have trust in your responsability in the future? I don't want to be any kind of judge - I just ask you ... Kind regards from Dirk
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