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Subject: Re: DB will never play with REBEL, they simple are afraid no to do well

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:29:55 10/12/99

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On October 12, 1999 at 12:04:13, Mark Rawlings wrote:

>On October 12, 1999 at 11:54:02, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On October 12, 1999 at 11:31:03, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>
>>>On October 12, 1999 at 07:51:07, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>>
>>>>I dont understand why they made that statement. If they will not play again they
>>>>should keep quiet. It made Feng-Hsiung Hsu and Murray Campbell smaller in my
>>>>esteem, not that I think they should care. I somehow think they where
>>>>misrepresented by CSS, I sure hope so.
>>>>
>>>>Regards DAn
>>>
>>>IIRC, Ed had some stuff on his web site showing Rebel and Chess Tiger beating
>>>"DB" at Paderborn.  Bob told Ed basically what Campbell and Hsu said earlier,
>>>right here on CCC.  Ed replied that he hadn't heard anything of the sort from
>>>the DB team (which were the only people he'd buy this story from... e.g. not
>>>Bob).  So now that Hsu and Campbell comment for the public record, they are
>>>smaller in your esteem?  I don't get it.
>>>
>>>Dave
>>
>>Nor will you.  :)
>>
>>It is less about chess, and more about 'bashing deep blue'.  Which is pretty
>>common, since they are clearly at the top, and everyone would like to see them
>>'brought down'.
>>
>>There will be more DB news later, I don't think it is _nearly_ as dead as
>>a few want to suggest.  Just "hide and watch" is the best advice.  And
>>responding to the occasional 'troll' won't change things very much, I have
>>a lot of experience in that.  :)
>
>Can you give us any hint as to the upcoming news?  I'm guessing that they'll
>announce an availability date for DB Jr??
>
>Mark


It isn't really 'my' news to provide, so all I can say with good authority is
that "DB isn't dead, by any stretch."




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