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Subject: Re: Beta -Testing Proficiency in Rebel Tiger Case

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 08:25:12 11/24/00

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On November 24, 2000 at 08:20:02, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 24, 2000 at 07:46:10, Fernando Villegas wrote:
><snipped>
>>Why unfair? Only good critics are fair?
>
>It is unfair because the beta testers are not responsible for the fact that
>tiger does not know to mate with bishop and knight.
>

Beta tester are not responsible of what a program brings or not, but I believe
they are responsible to say what is lacking if it is important, as I believe b+n
is. Anyway this is a matter of debate. But let the purcharser to decide if it is
not important, NOT the beta tester, implicitly.
Fernando

>Saying that it is important to mate with bishop and knight and criticze tiger
>for prefering to earn rating and not know this endgame is not unfair.
>
>I disagree with this statement but it is not unfair to say it.
>
>Uri



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