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Subject: Re: Big Blue?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:53:41 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.  IBM is often called "big blue" however (the company itself).

Deep Blue had three names.

1.  ChipTest
2.  Deep Thought
3.  Deep Blue




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