Author: stuart taylor
Date: 08:52:13 09/23/03
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Can you or someone please explain to me in very simple language, exactly what Linux is and what can be done with it. If it's so durable and flexible, why isn't it the main thing in the news? Is it a competitor to Intel, AMD etc? And regarding Allistair saying to play it myself, then I can be sure that the computer will never go out of date (unless I indeed become a GM or more), the problem is HOW the computer wins, rather than the fact that it will win (certainly if a play touch move!). Maybe THAT is what can be improved, rather than its "strength". If that's the case, then we are indeed still lacking the ideal chess program, which might exist in 10-20 years from now. But I can't spend the next 10-20 years biting on granite year by year before closing up my suspence function, which has been wasted too long over that. Therefore I have to lock it soon, with whatever there is. But if it is already equal to Kasparov, and possibly to other top humans, even though it is still without great knoweledge, I'm still a bit puzzled as to whether or not there IS much to still be in suspense about. But, as I say, maybe it's the quality which can still be improved immensly, whilst the quantity (in ELO increase etc) is very minimal for the next ten years. Again, I never find that someone else also shares my feelinfgs about all this! Regards S.Taylor
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