Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 17:16:07 10/07/02
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On October 07, 2002 at 19:40:16, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >3. There _was_ an implementation of DB's algorithms in software. I asked how the >new eval terms in the DB2 chips were tested & tuned without actually having the >chips, and Hsu said that Joel Benjamin played a "software simulation" to test >them. He made it sound like that should have been obvious. (Are you listening, >Bob?) > >4. While he does have the rights to the DB chip design, Hsu is still bound by >IBM NDA for the eval terms and is not legally allowed to disclose them. > >-Tom Thanks for the details. What is the relevance of (3) for the question of the lack of game scores? Are you insinuating a contradiction to the position Bob had all the time? And (4) seems to be just a remedy to prevent detailed research on the logs. But that is only my opinion as far as I can understand the context. Or do you see a different reason for the secrecy? Why should IBM hide it? Because something could be finally proven? Ok then let them keep it for 50 years, but then our grand-childrem would hear about the truths. They have something to hide. That is telling enough... Did Hsu ever mention the lack of exact documentation at all? From a view of science? Rolf Tueschen
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