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Subject: Re: Rybka 13d is available

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 13:38:41 02/12/06

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On February 12, 2006 at 15:58:18, Peter Skinner wrote:

>>>On February 12, 2006 at 11:01:56, Torstein Hall wrote:
>
>>Simply because you know you are missing out on something good!
>>
>>The feeling of having the strongest engine on the market and knowing something
>>even stronger and better is just around the corner for free, is something I can
>>recommend! You should try it as well! :-)
>
>There is the difference between you and I. I don't need the best program
>running, I just need the one that _could_ be the best one running.
>
>Hiarcs more than does that for me, and has done that for years. Same with
>Gandalf. Both are excellent programs, and the authors do NOT come here and
>breach the charter by flagrantly advertising or selling their program.
>
>Fruit did the same. I didn't buy it. Shredder did the same. I didn't buy it.
>
>Do you see a pattern? It has nothing to do with who is strongest, it is all
>about who is able to follow some simple rules and not rape a forum that other's
>have put here while not not advertising their own wares..
>*coughStevenSchwartzcough*
>
>Peter

I see a pattern but it has nothing to do with the authors.

You simply do not buy the strongest programs.
Most of the posts about rybka are from buyers of rybka and not from the author
and I do not think that vasik sold more copies because of his posts here.

My opinion is that he could sell exactly the same without posting here a single
post about rybka.

If you think that vasik's posts are against the charter then the moderators can
warn him and ban him.

I do not see it as a reason not to buy his program and I think that if this was
the intention of the charter then the charter is unclear and it should include
examples what is considered as advertising.

I also think that a rule of not advertising the strongest program is simply a
rule that it is impossible to force people to obey it.

People will always want to talk about it and there is nothing that you can do
about it.

Uri



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