Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 10:19:39 10/25/02
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On October 25, 2002 at 12:25:27, Sune Fischer wrote: >On October 25, 2002 at 12:04:50, Aaron Tay wrote: > >>On October 25, 2002 at 12:00:57, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>>SSDF did not test Fritz7.0.0.1,Fritz7.0.0.2 and Fritz7.0.0.8 as different >>>>programs >>> >>>How strange. >> >>Hate to point out the obvious . But Given that customers pay seperately to get >>Fritz 6, 7, DF 7 whatever, surely, it makes sense to test those seperately so >>customers can decide whether to upgrade? > >But they don't pay seperately for CT and GT :) > >>Not sure how you handle cases like Crafty which are free though. >>Also the case of Chess Tiger 14/GT 2. Otherwise Chessmaster (if tested) could >>have a dozen entries , one for each personality. > >Yeah, that is my point :) I suppose the thinking at the time was that they play very differently, and deserves to see if one was clearly stronger than the other. If i recall, the author couldn't decide.. Still it seems to me in this case SSDF helped the author do his testing for him when deciding between 2 "personalities" :) . I also took a look again. I see Gandalf 5.0 and 5.1 listed seperately. Does anyone know the policy that governs whether SSDF lists a seperate entry or combines them into 1? >I think the "real" SSDF list should be a one author - one entry list, the main >reason for that is that the SSDF is considered an author ranking list (IMO >anyway) and you shouldn't be able to push down your competeters by simply >releasing new versions. > >Crafty for instance has been pushed way down to 21st, quite confusing I think. Acutally I'm not certain what your concern is. Most people are bright enough to realise that programs with the same name Fritz or Tiger are by the same author. Additional confusion I think is that you have the same program tested on 2 different hardware. I see two Fritz 7s for example. Add the multiple versions and personalities , 5-8 authors can take the top 30 places.. >However, I think they should keep a link to a version of the list as it is now, >since that list has some other valuable information. Well it's just presentation. More information is better than less. >-S. > >>>>Uri >>> >>>-S.
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