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Subject: Re: Ruffian better than Shredder 7.04??

Author: Frank Quisinsky

Date: 01:04:02 01/21/04

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On January 21, 2004 at 03:29:57, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 21, 2004 at 03:08:57, Jon Mitchell wrote:
>
>>On January 21, 2004 at 01:37:51, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>So what's the explanation for this result:
>>>
>>>http://www.f22.parsimony.net/forum41668/messages/27486.htm
>>>
>>>This was played on P4 2,6 without pondering and 12 moves common book.
>>>
>>>Other tournamets like WBEC have put Ruffian clearly lower. Hmm. Is it pondering,
>>>book, CPU type, level, chance, manipulation, cheating. Who can repeat this?
>>>
>>>Jouni
>>
>>
>>first,before releasing,they said Ruffian 2 is improved version of Ruffian Leiden
>>Later,Ruffian Leiden better than Ruffian 2?
>>i dont know
>
>I do not know but using the name Ruffian2 to a version that you are not sure if
>it is better than previous available version is not a professional behaviour.
>
>My opinion is that if you release something without being sure if it is better
>then you should use the word beta in the name of the engine.
>
>If I decide to release more than one version of movei when I am not sure which
>version is better then I will use the name beta for the later version.
>
>Uri

Hi Uri,

in this case we have 212 freeware beta versions :-)

Best
Frank



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