Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 13:40:11 05/02/01
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On May 02, 2001 at 14:46:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 02, 2001 at 13:47:15, Ed Schröder wrote: > >> >>I started with a SMP version perhaps even earlier then Stefan. >> >>Ed >> > > >This says two things: > >1. You have finally moved to windows, since SMP in DOS is not possible. >(or Linux or whatever, of course). > >2. You also chose to keep your effort secret for reasons that I won't try >to determine or understand. > >But again, here, you pay your money and take your chances. If you keep an >SMP version secret, then you can't realistically expect anyone to ask you to >enter it in an important event. > >I don't buy the "they should have asked." They could just as easily say >"you should have told us." > >Since neither program has played a public game, it is hard for me to determine >how "serious" all this really is. It could range anywhere from "vaporware" >to "sort of working" to "really good parallel performance". If it is the >latter, then keeping it secret _really_ makes no sense. If it is one of >the former, then wanting it considered makes no sense. In short, it makes no >sense to me, period... no matter what has happened. A nice logic, first suggest it is not there, then suggest it is probably vaporware. Yes, that has always been my trade mark. Now where have I heard that before? Ed
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