Author: Bert Seifriz
Date: 09:16:52 01/06/99
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On January 06, 1999 at 12:07:06, KarinsDad wrote: >On January 06, 1999 at 10:26:59, Bert Seifriz wrote: > >>>>>>3) Microsoft has a lot of resources, money, high speed equipment, and talent. >> >>SNIP >>>>right people (thinking that Microsoft wouldn't attempt to hire the best people >>>>"in the field" who could start out running instead of crawling is naive) could >>>>probably create some strong software in a short period of time. >>>> >>>>I believe that such a project would take a lot of resources and dedication, but >>>>the US put a man on the moon in what, 8 years after Kennedy proposed it? >>>> >>>>Microsoft could probably have the strongest engine in the world in 2 years and >>>>if they wanted to, >> >> >>This is exactly the point. Why should Microsoft care to build a >>chess engine? They do not have the slightest reason! >>And if? They would either buy an existing company or >>engage some of the chess programmers you already know. >>After all why do you think the persons we know are in any >>way inferior to a Microsoft engineer? >>There are for example only a handful of persons in the world >>who are able to program chess in assembly language! And these >>are not MS engineers! Bert > >Obviously, Microsoft would never go into the field (the money isn't good >enough). The question is not one of "why would MS do it?" (they wouldn't), but >rather one of "what would happen if they did?". > >I do not think that the chess program developers are inferior to Microsoft >engineers. Where did you get that from? > >:) > >KarinsDad Just impression of the WHOLE thread. Bert
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