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Subject: Re: Some facts about Deep Thought / Deep Blue

Author: Robin Smith

Date: 12:24:29 08/31/01

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On August 30, 2001 at 18:43:39, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>IBM dicked over this field, all because they wanted to save money that would
>have otherwise been spent on a single commercial shown during the Super Bowl.
>
>bruce

Bruce,

I think IBM gave us all something, for free, that is very valuable to the
computer chess community.  While I was highly disappointed by the
decommissioning of DB, your strong condemnation of IBM seems to me no more
justified than people who condemn chess software authors who don’t make their
software available for others to use.  It is the programmers software, to do
with as they please!  And it was IBM’s DB, to pull the plug on as they pleased.

Robin



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