Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 18:09:13 01/09/00
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On January 09, 2000 at 20:20:10, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 09, 2000 at 17:50:50, Dave Gomboc wrote: >[snip] > >>Isn't this "off the deep end"? > >He provides an engine of commercial quality (consider the endgame tablebase >files and other advanced features) that competes well with commercial engines >(look at FICS and ICC results, together with tournaments at just about any time >control you might choose) and is the only program with open source. For his >kindness, he gets called names. > >I think a bad report like this must be sparked by fear of something, but I have >no idea what. Why would you bite a hand that is feeding you without cause? Any >other engine will have large royalties associated with it. What kind of stupid >junk are they trying to pull? It's like someone hands you a $20 bill and you >slap them in return. Very strange. And from a precursory analysis, all the >conclusions are clearly without basis. > >I have always perferred Chess Assistant to Chessbase, and this sort of thing >really cements my already hard-headed opinion. I have defended Chessbase in the >past, but now I think that I simply don't like that company. That's >irresponsible journalism. > >I think he under-reacted, if anything. Kasparov at the end of the second >deep-blue match was "off the deep-end." 'Off the deep end' requires something >illogical in behavior (at least the way that I understand that expression). To >be insulted by what is clearly an insult is normal behavior (IMO). Did I miss something? I didn't think the article had anything to do with Chessbase. bruce
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