Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:09:19 10/04/00
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On October 04, 2000 at 15:30:32, Marcus Kaestner wrote: >first of all it speaks for itself that stefan writes this post during my >absence. he was very well informed, that i´m offline for several days and he >used the right moment for this so that i have had no chance to react. > >it´s a really nice and smart guy this man. as djordje posted some month ago >about him: "...sticking out of the dark, beeing very careful not to be hitten >himself..." > >>Some strange and false statements about my person and my program Shredder have >recently been published. I think that it is necessary to make some facts known: > > >>1. The following statements by Marcus Kaestner are FALSE: > >>* Marcus Kaestner claims on his homepage and the cover of the latest issue of >his magazine to have tested a beta version of Shredder5 and the latest beta >version of Shredder in his magazine, on the cover he evens calls it just >“Shredder5”. > >you are not able to read even german (or you don´t want to read correct). there >is no beta-test announced. only the latest results in the chessbits rating list. > >everybody can see it at: > >http://mitglied.tripod.de/ChessBits/index.html I can read the word Shredder5 after clicking on chessbits 9/00 that is the latest chessbits version. I think that using the words shredder5 is wrong because shredder5 is not out. You can call it shredder4.xx I do not know if your results are results of shredder4.16 that you have or results of later shredder that you do not have(maybe one of the beta testers gave you results of a later version) but it is clear that you have not results of shredder5. > > >>2. The CORRECT facts are: > >>* Marcus Kaestner was a beta tester of Shredder until beginning of June 2000 >when I found out that he has copied beta versions to third parties. > >there are some more explanations necessary: > >1.i was not a beta tester, i was involved in making the engine stronger. I understand that most programmers define people who are involved in making the engine stronger and do not get money for it in the word beta testers. > >2.i never gave a beta to a third party. this is only a pretence to hurt me and >to damage my image in the public. you are a mean guy! > >the right thing is, that i gave a beta to elvis, who was book-cooker of >shredder, because his beta-version has been crashed and you was not available. >even ossi weiner admits these days, that elvis was and is a team-member! >by the way: in the law-suite you opened finally, there is no single sentence of >giving away betas to unauthorised persons. so everyone can see that this >accusement is only for damaging... I think that opening a law suite is a mistake in this case. The only sure thing is that lawyers earn from it. My opinion is that even in cases that you are right it is better to think before using lawyers(I do not know who is right in this case). The decision to use lawyers(If this is the final decision) is not going to encourage customers to buy shredder. Customers may be afraid to buy the new shredder because they may be afraid of lawyers. Uri
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