Author: Mariaclara Benedicto
Date: 07:14:59 02/13/06
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On February 13, 2006 at 09:41:38, gerold daniels wrote: >On February 13, 2006 at 08:43:34, Derek Paquette wrote: > >>I know that some of you feel that being beta testers (unofficially) for Rybka is >>like being tricked, your doing the work for free. I personally disagree 100%. >>Unlike Fritz/junior/shredder who are all top performers in terms of SSDF and >>tournaments run by the likes of mike , kurt and others they...once released are >>as good as that particular version will ever get. In testing personalities or >>programing styles with the program, those programers can only rely on their own >>testing and previous versions. I love the fact that the entire community is >>essentially pitching in to make a stronger, superior engine. I don't mind >>running tests with rybka beta's to see which is stronger, adjusting the >>personality and having them wage war. This is, in my opinion the most >>successful and smartest way for any author to tweek his program to the max. >>What other way can someone recruit or hire in this case a 1,000 beta testers??? >>And imagine the quality the end product will have if the author listens and >>studies those beta testers results such as Vas does. My hat is off to him, I am >>in corporate banking and I've seen a lot of sales and marketing tactics in my >>day, this is absolutely fantastic, I hope he does it for the next version, and >>the version after that. >> >>Good luck Vas, keep up the testing and I hope your program continues to increase >>in strength!! >> >>-Derek Paquette > >Thanks for your excellence post Derek. > >Gerold.
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