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Subject: Re: Arasan 8.0

Author: Tom Likens

Date: 18:35:08 08/22/04

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On August 22, 2004 at 21:21:06, Lance Perkins wrote:

>I heard that whatever evidence you present does not count. We need to contact
>the author. Only the source code from him and his confession can tell us whether
>its a clone or not. Your reverse engineering does not count.
>
>Is it only _parts_ of the Arasan 7.4 code that was cloned by 8.0? I heard that
>does not count either. It has to be 100%. Your big chunk 50% claim is
>irrelevant. I suggest you wait for Bob. After you hear from Bob, it still won't
>count. It has to be 100%.
>
>Are you trying to discredit Jon?
>
>Hehe. I'm only humoring too... Chill out. You started this.

Hey Lance,

Actually, I enjoyed your post tremendously!!  Without a sense of humor,
how dull all this would be.  And by the way, good luck as well in
division 1 of WBEC.  I still suspect the secret of Thinker is *not*
the print log function, but I could be wrong. ;-)

best,
--tom

>
>On August 22, 2004 at 19:23:17, Tom Likens wrote:
>
>>On August 22, 2004 at 18:03:13, Jon Dart wrote:
>>
>>>On August 22, 2004 at 17:54:27, Tom Likens wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Any idea how much stronger version 8.0 is compared to the previous
>>>>version?
>>>
>>>I think it's better but I haven't run any large cross-version test
>>>matches.
>>>
>>>This version beats Phalanx pretty regularly now, which past versions
>>>have had difficulty doing.
>>>
>>>--Jno
>>
>>Thanks Jon,
>>
>>Unfortunately, I've just compared the code between Arasan 8.0 and your
>>previous version and I can only conclude that Arasan 8.0 is a clone of
>>Arasan 7.4!!  Of course, I can supply any evidence you require! :-) ;-)
>>
>>Sorry, sorry- I just couldn't resist, sometimes my warped sense of humor
>>simply overwhelms my better judgement, (frankly, my wife believes I am
>>beyond hope, but that is another thread altogether).
>>
>>best regards,
>>--tom
>>
>>P.S. And good luck in WBEC 2nd division.



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