Author: Bo Persson
Date: 10:46:31 08/06/03
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On August 06, 2003 at 13:27:13, Russell Reagan wrote: >I have noticed a lot of non-computer-chess-nerd friends refer to Deep Blue as >"Big Blue" quite a few times, and I usually correct them. Today when I corrected >someone, they told me that one of the early versions of Deep Blue was actually >called Big Blue, but I've never heard this. > >Was Deep Blue ever called Big Blue? No, its pre-IBM name was Deep Thought. The initial name was Chiptest, because that's what it was at the time! Big Blue is of course IBM, the company. Bo Persson bop2@telia.com
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