Author: Robert Hollay
Date: 13:31:46 02/13/06
What it means exactly? My doubts: 1. Vasik wrote an (indeed) commercial post here. This is clearly against the charter of CCC. But... What if he had wrote the same text on his own webpage, and provided a link here to that page, or somebody else posted here that link? One click and - abracadabra! - we are reading exactly that "flagrant commercial exhortation". The only difference is that his text wouldn't "eat" the bandwith here. But the replies can be huge nevertheless, and the thread can grow long. 2. What about hidden commercial messages? "I've just played a tournament game with the new XYZ commercial engine against another top engine, and XYZ has won 8 out of 10! What a fantastic new engine! I'm fascinated! Here are the games..." Of course it could be cheating (he played 20 games but didn't post some lost ones). IMO, this is a pretty flagrant commercial exhortation, although hidden. And then arrive the replies: "Where can I buy it? How much is it? Is there a UCI version too? etc... I think that CCC could be free from flagrant commercial exhortations only if it would be forbidden to mention any of the commercial programs here. Of course, it would be a much more dull place then... Just my 2c, Robert
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