Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:08:31 02/09/06
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On February 08, 2006 at 22:17:11, Will Singleton wrote: >>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? Junior and Chess Tiger were just like Fruit. It's just history repeating itself. And it is going to happen again and again
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