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Subject: Re: The New Polls are Ready. Come Vote!

Author: Steven Schwartz

Date: 10:23:16 06/24/98

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On June 24, 1998 at 12:57:08, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 24, 1998 at 12:07:45, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>
>>On June 24, 1998 at 12:05:40, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>>We have two new ones for you...
>>>   1) What percentage of chess-playing software is pirated?
>>>   2) What programs have you owned?
>>>
>>>Go back to the message board, click on "CCC Opinion Poll",
>>>and place your votes. You can check on the ongoing results
>>>as often as you would like. All previous poll results may
>>>be found there as well.
>>>
>>>Thanks to Fernando and Amir for the ideas.
>>>
>>>- Steve
>>
>>By the way... Your votes are always confidential. We have no
>>access to how people vote.
>>- Steve
>
>
>one notable oversight:  "crafty" is not on your list.  at last count,
>it had been downloaded by over 240,000 *different* hosts, which is
>probably an understatement, since "aol.com" counts as "one"...
>
>Bob

There was discussion about Crafty, for certainly it is notable,
but we decided that since it was not a commercial venture, we
would leave it off. Including Crafty would have opened the door
for hundreds of "shareware" programs.

However, we are planning a follow-up poll, at a future date, that
will involve Crafty.
- Steve



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