Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Date: 08:59:53 12/03/00
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On December 03, 2000 at 11:23:36, Christophe Theron wrote: >On December 03, 2000 at 01:39:15, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On December 02, 2000 at 23:30:40, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On December 02, 2000 at 22:50:23, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On December 02, 2000 at 19:58:20, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>>>>On December 02, 2000 at 12:33:35, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I fail to see the reason for this to be posted here. This is neither a >>>>>>court of law, nor a discussion forum for pending litigation. It is only >>>>>>going to explode into another long thread that will produce lots of moderator >>>>>>email. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I think Marcus' post is extremely on topic and interesting. >>>>> >>>>>I would add that it is VERY informative about the business practices of one of >>>>>the chess software selling companies, and in this regard should be of high >>>>>interest for all the people that are currently considering buying software from >>>>>this company. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Christophe >>>> >>>> >>>>It is also very dangerous, stupid, and potentially expensive. I'll bet you >>>>100 bucks to a donut hole that his attorney would tell him to "shut up and let's >>>>litigate in court, not in a public forum. You only give our opponents more >>>>information than they need..." >>>> >>>>Been there... >>> >>> >>> >>>OK, maybe. But I see nothing in Marcus post that could be used against him. >>> >>>And BTW when Millenium has accused the Rebel team to have cheated against them >>>in the last WMCCC, it's by the way of Marcus message that I have learned it. >>> >>>Mr Weiner did not send anything to us to inform us that he was accusing us of >>>cheating. >>> >>>So I definitely find Marcus posts very informative. Unfortunately. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>I have been meaning to ask Stefan, but since you are also involved perhaps I'll >>ask you. >> >>Didn't Shredder *win* this event? Why is Ossi suing people over this if his guy >>won? >> >>bruce > > > >That's THE question. All this lawsuit is pure nonsense. The accusation of >cheating the game is pure nonsense as well. > >The game we are accused to have cheated, we have LOST it. > >Further, should every chess programmer start a lawsuit each time his opponent >tries to outsmart him with a prepared line? Jeroen had prepared a line which >worked against Shredder 4 (the commercial version) and did not work against >Shredder London. > >Big deal! > >I don't understand why Millennium is trying to damage our reputation with such >an incredibly wrong claim. > >It's so stupid. They have won the London WMCCC with the excellent program >Shredder. When you are the king, you don't rush into the nearest pub and look >for a fight... > >That's not the way you will get people to respect you. Again: We are NOT suing Marcus of using insider information against Shredder. Stefan
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