Author: walter irvin
Date: 07:43:14 10/13/99
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On October 12, 1999 at 02:06:54, Micheal Cummings wrote: >On October 11, 1999 at 22:02:37, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>It sounds like what happened to Paul Morphy when he wanted to play Mr. Staunton >>and was rejected. That happened over one hundred years ago and most of us have >>forgotten that. I am sure that this too will be forgotten. >> >> >>IBM doesn't have to play anyone at computer chess. Mr. Schroder on the other >>hand must convince his buying public that his program is among the best. Dr. >>Hsu isn't motivated by the same needs as these little programmers. IBM has many >>options and really can't be coerced to fulfill the wishes of any small company. >> >>Tim Frohlick > >I say who cares. Lets say IBM brings out another DB, as for making money from >it, maybe from sponsers for their freak shows against human players. > >The main reason it is gone now is from lack of money. As for this DB Jr crap, >yeah well I still ain't seen it yet. If it took thousands of these special chips >to make DB so good, what the hell is one going to do. Nothing !!!!. > >Ed by winning a game against a GM is all he needs to do. And any talk about IMB >or Hsu should be put up or shut up. instead of making or these dream statements >about what they can do with computer chess. > >Lets not forget, it took a super computer costing more than most make in a >lifetime years to beat the No 1 player, who can be said played some or the most >crap and strange moves I have ever seen Kasparov play. > >I think people need to get into perspective, DB is dead, and so too any bragging >about its so called greatness. So great that no one gave a damn about supporting >it. i say people can post on and on , the rights the wrongs ect . the fact is rebel beat db junior . now it may have been a watered down version???????? who knows the real story . the bottom line is if they put db junior out there and some one spanks it oh well . rebel has the monthly gm challenge i'm sure rebel does not fear db junior .thats the right way to settle it all . any other way will always leave doubts .
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