Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 12:51:44 02/09/06
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On February 08, 2006 at 22:17:11, Will Singleton wrote: >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. You have been around longer than I, but I will persist in claiming that the change has been evolutionary in nature. The progress has not been completely linear, and you are probably right that it has accelerated in the last couple of years, but the rate of improvement was remarkably high long before Fruit appeared (the first really strong version of Fruit 2.0, which is only about one year old). Just look at the results from the first few editions of WBEC and compare them to the results from the last couple of years and see for yourself. Tord
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