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Subject: Re: Anyone Have any Good Polling Questions?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 00:21:50 01/06/99

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On January 05, 1999 at 03:45:13, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote:

>I recently met a former Microsoft department head, who is now a chess coach and
>using many of the availble playing programs, databases & tutorials.  What he
>told me I found truly amazing!  He said that the currently availble programs
>were from a programming point of view rather unsophisticated and trivial in
>design.  He suggested that if Microsoft (or other large software maker), decided
>to get involved in creating these things, the results would (or at least could),
>blow away the currently existing things in the marketplace.
>
>Honestly, I think he is wrong about this, but I certainly would like to see a
>poll question about it, to see what other's think.

I don't think that someone who hasn't written a chess program has anything to
talk about, no matter where they work.

The GUI's on the programs are often unsophisticated but the engines are very
well done, I believe.

bruce



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