Author: James Robertson
Date: 18:34:14 07/26/99
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On July 26, 1999 at 16:15:26, Charles Unruh wrote: >On July 26, 1999 at 03:12:36, James Robertson 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. >> >>There is considerable debate as to the quality of the SSDF testing. If your >>program cannot come on top, it is quite possible that it is not your fault. You >>must take this into account when voting that we boycott all programs that refuse >>to join a possibly bogus list. >> > >I notice it was never bogus to them the 10 years they were on the list. No just >bogus when they weren't on top. >>James As far as I know, Rebel was never on top, and Fritz and Chessbase have never complained. :) James
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