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Subject: Re: Doesn't "faster" mean "stronger"(dif. versions of the same program)?

Author: Christopher R. Dorr

Date: 05:57:53 01/11/01

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Nonsense? Hardly. First off, what does it hurt? You seem to be acting as if the
testing itself harms something. It clearly does not. It adds information to our
'knowledge set', and informs a consumer that, if you are using a
single-processor box, you probably should *not* get Deep Fritz. I'm glad I now
know that. Had this testing revealed that DF was *better* on a single processor,
you would not have complained, because the consumer would then be able to buy a
better program, and this added knowledge would help him receive a stronger
program. Had they tested DF and found it better on a single processor, would you
have objected to the test then?


So how can the *testing* be bad, when it's only a particular result that you
don't like? The only way to find out is to test. The testing was done, and we
now have more information than we did before. How can that *possibly* be bad?I'm
glad it was done, and appreciate the time and efforts of the testers.

Chris



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