Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 23:49:06 09/16/99
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On September 16, 1999 at 20:29:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 16, 1999 at 18:41:30, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>On September 16, 1999 at 13:04:42, blass uri wrote: >> >>>On September 16, 1999 at 10:54:08, Thorsten Czub wrote: >>><snipped> >>>>Also we know that this company does not WANT to give same chances to all >>>>(example:paderborn championship). >>> >>> >>>If you mean to the fact that Junior,Nimzo,Hiarcs,Fritz played in WCCC then I do >>>not see something wrong with it. >> >>>Uri >> >>CB manipulated the sponsor of the championship (SIEMENS) not to give ALL >>participants a primergy server, due to the fact that THEY wanted to have >>this advantages for THEIR OWN programs. >>So they did not want all partipants to have the best machines, they wanted >>this advantage for themselves. >>Nice guys. >>Good that they lost ! > > >This is a pretty alarming statement, and it is one I have heard once before >from a _different_ source. If it is true, my opinion of ChessBase drops lower >than a snake's belly. > >Anybody have any more information? Exactly how much benefit will be derived from serial chess programs running on a quad-cpu Primergy server? "Infinitesimal" is the word that comes to mind. Even if it were true, it hardly matters from a _performance_ standpoint, which makes the alleged request rather odd, wouldn't you say? Dave
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