Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:04:56 08/12/05
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On August 12, 2005 at 13:52:34, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >On August 12, 2005 at 11:34:24, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On August 12, 2005 at 11:31:26, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On August 12, 2005 at 05:46:42, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >>> >>>>On August 07, 2005 at 00:12:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 06, 2005 at 21:27:32, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On August 06, 2005 at 20:15:07, gerold daniels wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>Would it have much of an impact on the commercial Programs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Gerold. >>>>>> >>>>>>I don´t think it will have a strong impact for the Comercial Programs. >>>>>> >>>>>>However, your question is too too wide and any answer is a mere speculation. >>>>>> >>>>>>Ok, my answers (speculations) >>>>>> >>>>>>1) Fruit could become comercial. >>>>>> >>>>>>2) It would be a great surprise because it would be the first free chess program >>>>>>with open source in winning a Title. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Oops. :) >>>> >>>>This Oops means you asphyxiated. >>>> >>>>> >>>>>Cray Blitz won several, and it was always "open source" as well. :) >>>>> >>>>>The chess 4.x guys distributed their source thru the CDC user's group as well... >>>> >>>>Was Cray Blitz and Chess 4.X Amateur Engines? As far as I know, Chess 4.X was >>>>the strongest engine in the 70s but was it considered an Ameteur? The same >>>>question goes for Cray Blitz. >>>> >>>>For me, Fruit would be the first engine in reaching an Official WCCC Tournament. >>>>Does it hurt your pride? >>> >>>Why do you think that fruit is going to win with all the hardware disadvantage >>>that it has? >>> >>>Junior,Shredder,Zappa and maybe even Crafty or Diep(if the programmers improved >>>their software significantly) are better candidates to win because of better >>>hardware. >>> >>>I believe that the chances of fruit to get first place is only 1% >>> >>>Uri >> >>I think that better english for the last sentence is: >>"I estimate the probability of fruit to win wccc as 1%" >> > >You have missed all the point and you are out of topic. You did not understand >anything. So, close your mouth here. > >Better english is to understand what it is written. The discussion is about what if fruit wins the title. If the assumption is that is is almost certain that fruit does not win then I do not see the point of the discussion. If this is not the assumption then I think that lack of good hardware for fruit is underestimated. Uri
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