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Subject: Re: IBM would risk 37 billion dollar

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 09:44:40 04/01/01

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On March 31, 2001 at 21:13:22, Torstein Hall wrote:

>I do not think IBM stand to loose anytihing. The big public has forgotten that
>Deep Blue ever existed! Anyway, I feel the marketing value of DB is low nopw, so
>perhaps someone with a few extra bucks to spare can buy DB now?
>
>Torstein
>
>Was it really a monster playing chess named DB?

You are so wrong there. It is almost depressing to see how everytime I mention I
play chess the name Deep Blue, or "that computer that beat that Russian", or any
of a hundred other variations on it, crops up. I get this at ALL levels, and at
the most unexpected moments. No, Deep Blue hasn't been forgotten.

                                   Albert



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