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Subject: Re: Hydra and Ken Thompson?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:56:12 05/05/05

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On May 05, 2005 at 00:01:48, Keith Evans wrote:

>On May 03, 2005 at 16:40:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On May 03, 2005 at 04:06:35, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>I just watched 19 minutes video from Hydra site. It claims, that Ken Thomson
>>>is father of Hydra! Really?? I doubt a lot...
>>>
>>>Jouni
>>
>>
>>"Belle".
>>
>>Hydra's design is based on "belle" just like deep thought/deep blue was as
>>well...
>
>Shouldn't Joe Condon get a mention?


Certainly...  he had just specifically asked about Ken, which is what I
responded to.  I don't think Joe was into "chess" at all.  He was an engineer
that helped ken put things together from an engineering perspective, not from a
chess perspective.



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