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Subject: Re: My Thanks to the SSDF!

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 02:44:14 01/30/99

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On January 29, 1999 at 23:19:19, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On January 29, 1999 at 22:03:35, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>
>>
>>On January 29, 1999 at 14:44:45, Matt Frank wrote:
>>
>>>I am happy to see your comments. I too, agree that the SSDF tries to be a
>>>rigorous as possible in their comparisons. I would bet that some of the sour
>>>grapes we read about, come from disgruntled purchasers of chess playing software
>>>that does not get rated as highly as they had hoped.
>>>
>>>Matt Frank
>>
>>Not sour grapes on my part, whats the point when Rebel 10 or CM6K are not even
>>on the list, we all know why this is. Until you can include all programs and
>>play them on equal hardware, then the SSDF is nothing more than a joke.
>Who gets to make the rules?  Those programs do not have autoplayers.  The Rebel
>company *specifically asked* _not_ to be included in the list.  If you want to
>test hundreds of CM6000 games manually, I will guarantee you that the SSDF will
>be happy to accept them from you.  Are you up to it?

As I said we know why these programs were not included. And no I would not want
to play these games, apart from not having the time, I could not be bothered.

That still does not change the fact that this list is only half done, and
pointless in my view.



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