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Subject: Re: Deep Blue Chip (consumer) is urban legend!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:22:51 06/13/99

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On June 13, 1999 at 15:39:08, Howard Exner wrote:

>Have the financial aspects of Deep Blue been worked out between
>Hsu and IBM? In other words, who "owns" Deep Blue - is it IBM or
>Hsu (and team)? Will Hsu have to pay off IBM to run with Deep Blue
>on his own or will some kind of agreement occur that gives IBM a share
>of what Hsu may earn with a commercial Deep Blue? Thanks.


He didn't say.  But I'd bet that it won't be called "deep blue".  It might
be called something like "superchess, by the designer of deep blue" or some
such thing. IE I doubt IBM will want a PeeCee product with the real deep blue
name attached.

But I haven't asked him.  He did indicate in the IEEE article that he has
started a company to produce this.  Which means that the legal details must
have been resolved.  IBM might go for "baby blue" or some such to keep the
name "deep blue" in the public's mind...



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