A proposal to clear the case of Engine X....

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Re: A proposal to clear the case of Engine X....

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Re: A proposal to clear the case of Engine X....

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Dr. D ..... I think what you are saying is, "its not what you know, its what you can prove". Therefore anything Vas says is pure conjecture.

I prefer to look at the bigger picture. If we want to really point blame, then lets blame Fabien Letouzey for making fruit 2.1 open source. As prior to that the major players of super strength were Shredder, Junior, Hiarcs, Fritz, and Zappa. Yes many others existed, but you get my point. Without Fruit 2.1 Rybka, and a many others would still be chasing 1/2 points of Shredder and the others. Rybka took ideas from Fruit......so did many others. The appearance of all these new super engines is directly and inversely related to FRUIT 2.1. open source.

I do not agree with cloning, but proof whould be nice. Rybka took ALOT from fruit, no one cried clone back then. And we had proof....
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Re: A proposal to clear the case of Engine X....

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Of course I was kidding here if anyone didn't catch that.......my dry and twisted humor. Sorry, I felt left out.....


Cheers,

Robert

Robert Flesher wrote:Dr. D ..... I think what you are saying is, "its not what you know, its what you can prove". Therefore anything Vas says is pure conjecture.

I prefer to look at the bigger picture. If we want to really point blame, then lets blame Fabien Letouzey for making fruit 2.1 open source. As prior to that the major players of super strength were Shredder, Junior, Hiarcs, Fritz, and Zappa. Yes many others existed, but you get my point. Without Fruit 2.1 Rybka, and a many others would still be chasing 1/2 points of Shredder and the others. Rybka took ideas from Fruit......so did many others. The appearance of all these new super engines is directly and inversely related to FRUIT 2.1. open source.

I do not agree with cloning, but proof whould be nice. Rybka took ALOT from fruit, no one cried clone back then. And we had proof....
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Re: A proposal to clear the case of Engine X....

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Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:the problem is that you've seen enough,I didn't and most probably I won't....
More opinions are needed please....
Dr.D
Yes, I understand that problem. I was hoping Vas would make a clear enough statement with some explanation, but I also understand why he eventually didn't do that.

Explaining why Ippolit is a clone means explaining what makes Rybka unique.

I am sure there will be another "reaction" from Vas:
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... #pid190912

So I have some hope. Or maybe someone else makes a nice webpage with disassembly and explanations, this was eventually done for Strelka IIRC.
Well, if he thinks Ippolit/RobboLito are Rybka´s clones, then Rybka is not unique anymore :idea: , so that I would say it´s about a time for him to explain something more.
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Re: A proposal to clear the case of Engine X....

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slobo wrote:
Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:the problem is that you've seen enough,I didn't and most probably I won't....
More opinions are needed please....
Dr.D
Yes, I understand that problem. I was hoping Vas would make a clear enough statement with some explanation, but I also understand why he eventually didn't do that.

Explaining why Ippolit is a clone means explaining what makes Rybka unique.

I am sure there will be another "reaction" from Vas:
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... #pid190912

So I have some hope. Or maybe someone else makes a nice webpage with disassembly and explanations, this was eventually done for Strelka IIRC.
Well, if he thinks Ippolit/RobboLito are Rybka´s clones, then Rybka is not unique anymore :idea: , so that I would say it´s about a time for him to explain something more.
He doesn't have to explain a damn thing! He won't talk about here, too many jackals.
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Re: A proposal to clear the case of Engine X....

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slobo wrote: Well, if he thinks Ippolit/RobboLito are Rybka´s clones, then Rybka is not unique anymore :idea: , so that I would say it´s about a time for him to explain something more.
The reasoning here is so perverse I really don't know what to say.