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Subject: Re: Latest millenium news?

Author: Chessfun

Date: 18:24:29 04/15/01

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On April 15, 2001 at 16:52:35, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On April 15, 2001 at 14:51:48, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>Why must it? why can't it simply be the strongest commercially available
>>program?, straight out of the box.
>
>That could also be a possibility, depending on what standards you wish the match
>to be played by. That is, an amateur or a professional event. And since it's
>supposed to be a challenge event, the latter option seems like the most obvious
>choice.


How does taking the program from a box or using the current programer with his
current version change it from Professional to Amateur? The only way I can see
that is that the programmer makes his living at it.


>The other scenario would lack the validation of the authors and distributors,
>which I believe to be a necessity if it has to have any credibility in the
>public whatsoever. Maybe I'm silly, but it seems very obvious.


I think the public will generally accept the result regardless of validation of
authors and distributors. The computer chess community is another matter.
Besides were the comp to do well I don't see them actually at that point not
joining in.

Sarah.






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