Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 14:42:47 07/25/99
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On July 25, 1999 at 04:03:17, Micheal Cummings wrote: >On July 25, 1999 at 02:44:34, Tina Long wrote: > >>On July 24, 1999 at 18:26:35, Charles Unruh wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I vote to Boycott any program that won't let itself be published by SSDF. I'm >>>tired of the true reason behind this. Which is best stated as "If I can't be #1 >>>don't put me on the list at all". Play the best chess is all you have to do. CM >>>isn't tuned against any program, doesn't have any special opening book, no >>>learning features, and yet it sits practically atop Everest. I don't even care >>>if they went as far as to say well test the prog like CM manually instead of >>>with an Autoplayer. Don't sit around trying to tell people they can't publish a >>>FREE non profit resource on the results of a program. As for the SSDF they >>>should never have let theirselves be bullied into listing secret programs in the >>>first place. >> >>Rubbish, >>I want a strong program. More, I want the database & analysis features that I >>want. >> >>CM sucks when it comes to analysis and database features. >> >>Charles, you boycott whatever you want to. Don't buy Rebel in particular. >> >>I don't think the world cares. >> >>Hi guys, >>It's hot & sunny in Australia, >> >>Tina Long > >Tine I am shocked, CM6K has maybe if not the best, one of the best analysis of >any chess program. As for a database, I find it good enough. And if not then I >would use rebel. > >This is an old story the pros and cons of chessmaster. You frequent this place >only now and then and miss most posts regarding this matter. Simply put you are >wrong about chessmaster. (CM6K) at least. > >And its cold and rainy in Sydney, Australia's best state and home of the 2000 >Olympics. But other than the bad weather today. Sydney is number one for >bussiness and sport and just about everything else. I don't think that the objection is so much that CM's analysis itself is bad, just that if you have a pile of games and want to have them analyzed, other software lets you get it done much more easily. Dave
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