Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 01:23:20 10/13/99
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>Posted by Robert Hyatt on October 13, 1999 at 01:34:57: >>Meaning to say there was no public reaction of Hsu/Campbell intended? >> >>If so it all fits. > >Hsu asked me "what is this about a letter about DB Junior?" I said "no >idea". He then replied that he had figured it out... it was a private >communication to Friedel from him, when asked about DB Jr at Paderborn. >So I don't see any of this as ever intending to be 'public', nor any >attempt to harm or dismiss anyone. Good to know. >>I like to quote what is on my pages to be complete. Note point #3, if the >>documentation would have been complete none of this would have ever >>happened (same story in point #4). > >I wouldn't disagree. I think it was just 'unthought of'. IE Hsu has now >said twice that the ICCA was told that this was a web-based version of DB Jr >and that no computers should be allowed to play it, humans only. Somehow >that slipped thru the crack. Not uncommon as the ICCA has some cracks that >trucks could slip thru (IE no information out of Paris as but one example, >ditto for Jakarta). It was just another detail that someone left out. It >caused a good bit of confusion. I had tried to fix this as soon as the story >first 'broke' because I simply asked "what was this thing at paderborn?" just >like Friedel apparently did, and I got exactly the same answer. I just didn't >quote the text literally here, and only gave the synopsis I posted. > > > > > >> >>Also note point #5, typical CSS but I didn't expect they would go that far. > > >Since I am known for being 'brash' I wrote the following to Hsu when we >were discussing this 'letter' earlier this week: > >I would suspect that such things get done by CSS to either (a) further some >ChessBase agenda or (b) hurt a ChessBase competitor. So we think a lot alike >at times. :) Unfortunately it seems you got trapped, unknowingly. You >thought you had done well, then details suggest that the thing you played was weak. > >Then this letter is worded in a way that makes you look bad. Hsu didn't >think much of the 'translation' (or exaggeration as he called it). I am happy to replace the current (in defence) text on my pages in case Hsu or Campbell want to re-phrase their sayings. >Boy am I glad I don't compete with any of the commercial vendors. It can be >a cut-throat world. :) Only sometimes. Most of the time we happily live in peace improving our products. Ed
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