Author: Havergal Brian
Date: 21:01:34 01/09/00
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On January 09, 2000 at 23:40:42, Mark Young wrote: >On January 09, 2000 at 23:00:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 09, 2000 at 22:13:03, Marc Plum wrote: >> >>>On January 09, 2000 at 17:43:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>(snips) >>> >>>>Kasparov is in ChessBase's pocket. However, from this point forward, since >>>>we are going to continue to see this, I believe that I will simply choose to >>>>say that "no more crafty versions will be available for ChessBase products". >>>> >>>>If it is so bad, they really don't need it anyway. If I see any future versions >>>>on their web site, I will let my attorney do the talking. >>> >>>Obviously, you are entitled to do whatever you want with your program. I >>>appreciate your making this excellent program available for free. It's nicer, >>>IMHO, to use it in the ChessBase playing interfaces than within Winboard, but >>>thanks for making it available as long as you have. >>> >>>That being said, I'm not sure why you seem to be blaming ChessBase for what this >>>Dutch amateur said on Kasparov's web page. Is there more information you could >>>share that makes this clearer? >>> >>>Marc Plum >> >> >>No... And I am much less concerned now. I had been sent a copy of excerpts >>that seemed to imply that it was a chessbase or kasparov-like article. Now I >>see the actual author, and don't really care what his opinion is. If you read >>the article slowly and carefully, it looks idiotic anyway. I'd have to have >>my name on the 'byline'... > >Glad to hear it, I was really confused how you were coming to some of your >conclusions in your first post. I did not find the article anti-crafty, but you >are correct it is a poorly written article with little value pro or con about >any chess program. > >I would have thought you would have read the original article before jumping to >conclusions...but mistakes happen. I am amazed that you did not find the article to be "anti-crafty". How about reading the article again and concentrate on the top few paragraphs.
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