Author: Will Singleton
Date: 19:17:11 02/08/06
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>The very rapid >improvement in the general level of strength isn't a recent >development; it has been going on for several years. The gap >between the new and improving programs and the established >professionals has been constantly diminishing, and it has long >been clear that it was only a matter of time before some of the >new engines would surpass the old giants. Uh huh. It might have long been clear to you, but was that before Fruit or after? I recall when Ruffian came out, people could scarcely believe its strength. No one, folks said, could develop such a strong amateur program in relative secrecy, and then just burst on the scene. But Ruffian never approached commercial strength. And then came Fruit. Not an evolutionary change, not forseen, not anticipated. One day the commercials ruled, then Fruit came out. That was the change. Only after that did programs begin to "surpass the old giants." I'm not criticizing, only pointing out that the change was sudden, not evolutionary, and no one predicted it. Unless, as you say, you did. Where was that post? Will
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