Author: Slater Wold
Date: 12:50:10 11/16/01
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On November 16, 2001 at 15:43:32, Christophe Theron wrote: >On November 16, 2001 at 14:14:29, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On November 16, 2001 at 13:56:14, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>Agreed: having the strongest chess program for the PC will lend MS significant >>>prestige. >>> >>>Anybody think they have a chance at accomplishing this without buying out Tiger >>>or another of the current top engines? >> >>This is *NOT* *NOT* *NOT* going to happen. >> >>If MS DOES decide it's going to release "..the world's strongest chess >>program.." they *CANNOT * buy one! > > > >Yeah, sure. > >If MS wanted to have the best Internet browser in the world, they would not buy >one? > >Well that's exactly what they did. They bought Mosaic, now it's called Internet >Explorer (I concede it has been improved since). > > > > Christophe That's right. It says "Worlds Best Browser" right here on the box. They only needed something to go with their OS. They give IE away for free. Bad example. > > > > > >>It's like IBM coming out and saying, "..we are going to beat Kasparov with this >>chess program we just bought.." >> >>YOU CANNOT DO THAT! YOU HAVE TO CREATE IT YOURSELF! >> >>If there is even a SLIGHT chance someone will figure out this program is >>actually someone elses, it will kill ALL the hype. That's not something MS is >>going to risk.
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