Author: Christopher R. Dorr
Date: 06:01:32 07/26/99
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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 Well said! (The part about the world not caring). If you don't want to buy the program, then don't. If you do, then do. But don't suppose that the rest of us agree with the nonsensical idea that if a program isn't listed in the SSDF, then it's not worth buying. Many of the rest of us are able to objectively make up our minds about the purchase of a program without the statistically suspect data from the SSDF. If you are not, that's fine..but trying to mke this into some shared cause seems a bit silly to me. Chris
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