Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:53:48 04/21/01
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On April 20, 2001 at 18:50:59, Peter Berger wrote:
>On April 19, 2001 at 17:50:55, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>
>>Not very hard to guess. They are so pissed off by Weiner that they do not want
>>to hear about him anymore. And he his happy with the situation so he won't
>>change a thing.
>>
>>Bad luck for Stefan, but if he licences his program to another company I guess
>>they will list it again?
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>What are your reasons to post a message like this and put additional oil into
>the fire ?
>
>I can imagine very positive ones ( like simply helping people you think do the
>right thing ) and negative ones ( like being afraid that actually this conflict
>is resolved or ignored and a new opponent enters the list where you compete ;
:) :)
I'm not afraid of a new competitor. The SSDF list would be better if all top
programs were listed, and Shredder is a top program.
> or
>: if all engines are availlable as Chessbase engines life becomes easier as SSDF
>can simply play a Fritz tournament ) .
I don't understand exactly what you imply. But anyway as you know I have no
problem with ChessBase.
>This is another reason why I think it is best if SSDF is neutral , tests the
>strongest programs , listen to programmers when they tell how to setup their
>programs and when there is some problem
I agree with you.
However if you threaten to drop an atomic bomb on one country, don't expect them
to keep their total neutrality and sense of humour.
Not publishing the ranking of Shredder looks to me like the most neutral and
objective thing they could do given the stream of events. They have not been
negative toward the program, despite the attacks of its publishers. I would call
this great self-control.
> - and otherwise : simply ignore their
>comments , sorry .
>
>This way we have an independent list judging about the strength of the engines -
>it does have some limitations as it only answers which one is the strongest if
>matches are played like SSDF does - but there is nothing else afaik aside from
>the official championships .
That's right.
>If many strong programs are missing the list loses much of its importance .
Not many strong programs are missing. Apart from Shredder, who else is missing?
Christophe
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