Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 16:19:14 11/16/01
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On November 16, 2001 at 17:57:56, Roy Eassa 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?
>
>
>For the record, I think the answer is No.
I think the answer is yes if they are ready to spend several years on it.
I do not underestimate the skills of the people working at Microsoft. But I
think it will take them time if they want to start from scratch.
If they are keen on this they will simply try to buy a strong existing chess
engine, start selling it, then improve on it.
Christophe
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