Author: Don Prohaska
Date: 10:10:12 06/05/98
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Ah, yes, phoney claims to make a sale. But, take a look at what computer companies do with ratings today. Perhaps 80 percent of the people that would buy a chess program have a P\90 or less (I don't know this as a fact). So Rebel might rate highest on a P\90, but Socko blows Rebel away on its P3\650. The testers claim Socko is tops. I buy Socko to use with my P\70 and my brother using an old 486 blows me away with his Rebel. Now, computer companies know that the general population can't stay up with the latest compter (regardless of what KK thinks :}}} ) Isn't that the same as claiming ratings the most likely buyer will never see? A programmer will always want to test his product against the competition using the best and latest hardware. And if he does well, he'll brag. And he'll advertise! Nothing wrong with that. We know that some companies lie, exagerate, cheat, etc, to sell a product. There are at least two large software companies that sell chess software that are full of real bugs, and I hear very little complaint. Some companies with fine products will hawk there products and perhaps exagerate, like calling there product the "Absolute World Champion" when no one really knows what that means. Except the beginner who must learn the hardway. I hope this sounds the way I meant it to.
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