Author: Harald Faber
Date: 01:57:45 02/17/99
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On February 16, 1999 at 17:33:43, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >>>Hey guys, give them a break! How can they try to run a business if any Tom, Dick >>>or Harry can conduct experiments to "prove" which is the greatest? Is it a >>>matter of "cowardice" or worries that the test is not run in a controlled >>>environment? What if both machines are 200 mhz but one has a faster BUS, or >>>superior motherboard? What if one computer has a faulty component? >>>Potentially if you publish Hiarcs 7 (or Fritz.32) is world champion you might >>>hurt someone's livelihood. >>>regards, >>>Michael Ginat >> >>You can also see it vice versa: MCS progs are not allowed to participate etc. >>because supposed bad results may hurt the sells. >>So better not play than playing ugly. >>And I am very curious WHO will attend and take part in the WORLDCHAMPIONSHIP in >>June. Anyone thinking his program is best should participate with his own >>hardware to make sure that this baby gets the best hardware as the programmer >>thinks. So afterwards no excuses count like "I had slower/worse hardware". >>I am sure some will be missing because of fearing the result. >>Point. >>Ossi, now it is your turn to convince us all in June. > >I will definitely play in Paderborn in June with Shredder! No doubt about this! >Your statement above is not true for Shredder. >Stefan Sorry, it was a bit misunderstanding. Of course this goes hand in hand with not allowing to PUBLISH neither result nor games which of course is not in your hand. I would be very interested what Ossi says to this issue. :-) Certainly it will depend if Shredder performs well or not. ;-)
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