Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:26:20 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 18:12:05, Keith Ian Price wrote: >On January 14, 2000 at 16:05:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >> >>I believe that if Hsu built a machine, and challenged Kasparov, the world would >>quickly learn that it was a later version of something designed by the same >>person that designed the first two deep blue incarnations. And I would think >>that after Kasparov's comments about IBM after the last match, he would jump at >>the chance to (a) play a new version of DB; and (b) do so without any possible >>involvement from IBM, whom he thought was only "out to get Kasparov..." >> >>Wouldn't you agree? Headlines: "Deep Blue's designer challenges Kasparov with >>an even faster machine." "Kasparov challenged to play a new and improved Deep >>Blue machine." "etc..." > > >Hsu stated that he would not be permitted to use the name Deep Blue, even as >"Baby Blue". Unless this changed when he bought the rights to the chip, then IBM >might well object to the use of the term in headlines. Thus, the ease with which >the public makes the leap from Blue to Hsu may be overstated here... > > > >>I think the world would make the connection very quickly. > > >Not without the term "Deep Blue". > >kp Hsu certainly couldn't call the new machine DB 3 or anything, but he could certainly say "the designer of Deep Blue ..." as that is true and on his resume'...
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