Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 10:11:26 10/27/00
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On October 26, 2000 at 20:34:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 26, 2000 at 19:09:57, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On October 26, 2000 at 17:11:59, michael mayfield wrote: >> >>>I was just wondering what the total price tag came to to build deep blue. Also, >>>why was deep blue disassembled?? >>> >>>thanks.. >> >>The Deep Blue experience has undoubtedly been an expensive experience for IBM. >>But most of the price has been paid by those interested in either chess or >>computer chess IMO. Was it worth it? I don't think so. >> >>Mogens. Deep Blue is IBM publicity coup: [May 12,1997] http://www.newstimes.com/archive97/may1297/cpd.htm > > >To IBM, it more than paid for itself. The cost of all the free publicity >they obtained would have cost a fortune. They were mentioned in every newspaper >in the world, on every TV program dozens of times, in magazines, journals, >conferences, you-name-it. > >I doubt they would say it wasn't worth it...
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