Author: Mark Young
Date: 18:21:19 06/30/98
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On June 30, 1998 at 20:35:43, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On June 30, 1998 at 18:36:48, Will Singleton wrote: > >>I think Ed has the right to market his program via this server. I enjoy his >>marketing creativity, it enhances interest in chess programming. If his anti-GM >>is part-hype, part real, that's fine. > >I am not saying it should be prohibited, but I do think it should be done with a >lot of personal restraint. > >I don't want to see this place turn into a place where we have daily countdowns >to the date a product ships. > >>I'm sure we'll all be more interested in the exact implementation if he has a >>good result against Anand. If there's a bad result, we won't care. > >I don't care that much either way. I'm not after Ed here because there is a >piece of specific knowledge that I want. I don't think that a "hype" discussion >should be presented in the guise of a "technical" discussion though. > >If you read through the technical responses this has gotten, there have been a >lot of guesses as to what Ed is talking about. Is this how a thread should go >here? > >If Ed wants to start a thread on this feature, then let's discuss the feature, >not make guesses about it. > >>I expect a loss for Rebel against Junior tomorrow, if indeed anti-GM involves >>speculative (less than optimum) play. > >I wouldn't expect too much from any one game no matter what Ed has done. One >game doesn't validate a feature or cast significant doubt upon a feature. > >I think people should just enjoy the game rather than turning it into some sort >of political struggle. > >bruce As long as Ed can keep us interested in what he is doing, I see no problem. Maybe were just all suckers for this kind of tactic, but as long as Ed can keep doing interesting thinks like playing GM Anand. I will keep letting him sucker me in, hype or no hype.
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