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Subject: Re: What is the purpose of Hydra?

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 01:25:39 08/23/04

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On August 22, 2004 at 13:01:16, James T. Walker wrote:

>If it has no commercial value then what is it's purpose.  Are they trying to
>accomplish what Deep Blue already has done?

Yes, it´s purpose is to finally win the Computer World Championship at some
distant day. I guess they need at least 256 processors to accomplish that goal
:)

Then it gets disassembled and will remain the strongest chess computer ever for
a few idiots. The others just move on...

Michael

PS What is the purpose of the freeware engines all-around?



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