Author: blass uri
Date: 15:21:35 10/18/99
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On October 18, 1999 at 11:55:04, Robert Pope wrote: >On October 18, 1999 at 09:59:22, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 18, 1999 at 05:48:37, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>>Posted by Robert Hyatt on October 17, 1999 at 09:53:55: >>> >>>>>>I was thinking about your tremendous envy of the DB project. You have taken >>>>>>every chance possible to 'do them in'. from your mistaken statements about >>>>>>their output, to whatever. >>>>> >>>>>I can't remember any "mistaken statements" from Amir regarding DB. >>>>> >>>>>>your loss, not mine... >>>>> >>>>>Come on, some of us are just curious, don't confuse that with envy. >>>>> >>>>>Ed >>>> >> > ><snip> > >>> >>>>There was his demand that IBM drop the "Junior" in "Deep Blue Junior". >>> >>>I would say if Amir was first with the name "Junior" he has every right to >>>complain. >>> >> >> >>"Junior" is not a valid name in the US. "Junior" means "same name as father, >>only one generation younger" here. We have _many_ products with "junior" in >>their name for this reason. If they had only called their program Junior, I >>would agree. But "Deep Blue Junior" is obviously not going to be confused with >>a program named Junior. Or would you like me to introduce you to an old >>American Automobile manufacturer that made a car named "Rebel"?? In the >>60's. >> >> > >If Amir really was complaining about their use of the word "Junior", I think it >is rather funny that there is another post right now that talks about a match >that is going to take place with "Deep Junior" as a contestant. How many >people first thought Deep Blue, before catching themselves? I bet a lot more >than ever thought, "You mean Deep Blue Junior really isn't just a colored >version of Junior?!?" :) Amir did not start this but deep blue start this by using the name Junior in their program. Another point is that Deep blue used all name of Junior when Amir used only "deep"-part of the name of deep blue. Uri
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