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Subject: Re: SSDF and the programmers............

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 00:51:38 03/19/98

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>Posted by Mark Young on March 18, 1998 at 18:56:59:

>If you want to shoot yourself in the foot thats fine. I like most people
>who buy chess programs still play the dame things. Your customers want
>book and position learners. Not because it gets you a high rating on
>SSDF but because it stops repeat losses when we play it. What fun is a
>program if I can play the same winning line over and over again.
>Anything that you programmers do to make your programs play more human
>like we love. Its to late to turn back the clock.
>If your going to take a step back you should just fold up shop now and
>post your new programs for free on the web.

Confusion Mark.

Learning in Rebel will be further improved.

For the HUMAN-COMP part and for the COMP-COMP part also! Customers do
get what they want! That's the first rule.

I only don't want newest Rebel versions to enter the SSDF list anymore
for reasons I have explained in detail. Difficult details, I know!

- Ed -


>                                             Mark Young.



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