Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:10:23 11/12/98
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On November 12, 1998 at 02:29:49, Ed Schröder wrote: >>>>Or does this go back to the "DB Junior" affair again? > >>You want to divert attention... I'm going to bring it back to the topic at >>hand. Here is the original text you posted, since it got snipped from the above >>when you responded: > >If I understood it all right (excuse me when I am wrong) it's you who wants >to change to topic and not Amir. > >You said: "Or does this go back to the "DB Junior" affair again?" > >You point to the (brand) name "Junior" which is Amir's. In the past Amir >has protested to IBM because they took the name "DB Junior". Is this >what you meant? > >That's the way I understood your words. If so you imply the Shay article >being just revenge. Or is there another explanation? > >- Ed - I have no idea *what* is at the root of this. The "junior" issue was obviously a sore point as it was discussed a good while back. Can you think of something other than "personal" that would account for such a stupid article that was based on really poor research (the stock gain) and on outright dishonest and misleading journalism (avoiding computer events that never were a possibility)? So no, I don't want to change the topic... but I would like to know what is driving this "deep blue hatred." Did you consider that article complimentary or insulting? Factual or misleading? Technically accurate or wishful thinking? And what might lead someone to write something so obviously biased? Almost has to be personal. I never understood the name "fight". In the US "junior" has a unique meaning everywhere, typically "younger or weaker or smaller or something like that when compared to the original." And in that regard, DB junior made a lot of sense. We played a few events using a "Cray Blitz junior" in fact, such as the 1984 US Speed Chess Championship. We couldn't get a real 4 processor XMP, so we ran on a special-edition single processor (a machine designed to be cheaper than a normal cray) with a slower clock than normal and slower memory (2x slower) than normal. Harry coined the name "Cray Blitz Junior" and everyone knew what it meant. I fail to see how doing that would incur the wrath of someone. But the "hatchet job" (to borrow Bruce's quote) was exactly that. And the question is "why?" I wouldn't write something like that about *any* program here. I do my best to be complimentary. I haven't seen you do such stuff either. So does it strike you as a little odd? Does me... And I learned many years ago, nearly *everything* has a "reason". Even Albert Einstein didn't believe that anything was random. I tend to agree... Bob (hope that clears up where I come from)
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