Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 11:00:25 11/05/03
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On November 05, 2003 at 13:52:48, Steve Maughan wrote: >Djordje, > >I don't really want to comment on the precise issues in this thread but one >point to note - ICD host this forum. To their credit they do not use the forum >for direct commercial gain e.g. we don't see the "Friday - Deal of the Week" >messages from Steve Schwartz. So it seems a little "off" if someone else uses >this forum to promote a product from which they *may* receive commercial benefit >from and who ICD will certainly not receive any financial gain e.g. Ruffian >Arena. This may be why some are so snappy when they see a post that seems to be >commercial. Clearly it's a fine line as most people here want to hear about all >the available chess programs and not just the ones sold by ICD e.g. Tiger or >Genius for the Palm. Having hung round here for a couple of years it would seem >that the acceptable posts seem to have a 'matter-of-fact' content e.g. "Here a >nice game by XYZ program against Shredder / Fritz" followed by the PGN. This >type of post is seen as less commercial than, "XYZ would make a nice Christmas >Present" without any backup in terms of results or PGN. > >I'm not trying to critical - I hope this is helpful, > >Regards, > >Steve Thank you. I really see your point. When trying to reply to the question asked by Cliff, I think that I simply got carried away merely wishing to give as much information as possible in a line or two, not for a moment thinking about other quite plausible interpretations of my enthusiastic post. I _could_ post a lengthy pgn file thus factually illustrating the strength of the programs I marked as the new stars, but _that_ might produce a host of replies and raise the level of noise to an unnecessary and unbearable level, perhaps even provoke another flame war:-( Again, I am grateful for your clear and civil comment. Djordje
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