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Subject: Re: "Big" Goliath, Big Hoopla?

Author: CLiebert

Date: 11:45:17 10/06/99

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On October 06, 1999 at 12:38:52, Antonio Dieguez wrote:

>On October 06, 1999 at 11:56:47, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>I wonder if some credit can still be given to the promise that after a while
>>Little Goliath will be replaced by the big brother, a real, awesome, full size
>>Goliath.  I wonder if ever Big Goliath existed anyway. Maybe the author is
>>waiting a natural growing of the actual little thing to become the big one? Some
>>day Little Goliath will get enough stature as to be considered the big one?
>>If that is the plan, I have serious doubts it can ever be accomplished. Little
>>Goliath is strong, but not more strong and by the way not more knowleadgeable,
>>not more attractive and no more special than any other fast searcher; in fact a
>>lot less than Junior, that being a fast searcher is also a very very strong
>>program, with positional acumen. And also is less interesting than Fritz,
>>another fast searcher with infinite features and awfully play, not just strong.
>>I do not say this because I have score against LG and I feel proud and arrogant.


"Goliath" will be totaly different to LG2000, knowledge-based and
not a fast searcher. Michael himself said that LG2000 has nothing
special, it is a very simple program.

Christian




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