Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:53:51 12/08/05
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On December 08, 2005 at 10:50:44, Albert Silver wrote:
>On December 08, 2005 at 10:43:20, Steve B wrote:
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>>>Were the posts his or those of testers and other enthusiasts?
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>>both
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>>he announces the engine and mentions that it will soon (5 days) be commercial
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>>the fact is Al..its advertising,,,free direct adverstising
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>> It's not like I'm linking to a competing store with
>>>similar or identical products.
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>>thats right your not
>>because ICD is simply being by-passed and has no chance to distribute this
>>product
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>>actually if ICD were given the opportunity and couldnt come to terms..thats one
>>thing
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>>but someone is paying the rent here
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>Perhaps I'm nitpicking here, but I really do view this differently. If the Rybka
>site offered chess boards and pieces, as well as other chess-related
>merchandise, all of which is also offered by ICD, I'd agree with you in an
>instant. This issue of a single UCI engine offered by an author is different.
>IMHO. I take it therefore that you equally object to Fruit 2.2, Ktulu, and
>Ruffian, and a number of other programs/engines being announced?
>
Note also that much of the hullabaloo is due to the extraordinary results by
Rybka to the credit of the author. You wouldn't see even a 10th of the posts on
it, if it were less remarkable.
Albert
>
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>>and its not you or me(although i did make a donation 18 months ago when Steve
>>was forced to ask for one)
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>>Steve
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