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Subject: Re: Moderation: Why is this here?

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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