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| Author: | ahd [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ownership? |
I read on SL that KGS is no longer associated with Kiseido. Does anyone know who owns the KGS Go Server these days? |
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| Author: | Joaz Banbeck [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
William Shubert owns it, and has for about the past 4 years, I think. |
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| Author: | LocoRon [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
I thought it was always his, and that it was just sponsored by Kiseido. Could easily be mistaken though. |
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| Author: | Joaz Banbeck [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
You may be right. Kiseido left about 4 years ago. I don't know exactly what the deal was before that. The surest way to find out is to send a PM to Schubert. He is 'wms' on this site. |
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| Author: | Stefany93 [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
Joaz Banbeck wrote: You may be right. Kiseido left about 4 years ago. I don't know exactly what the deal was before that. The surest way to find out is to send a PM to Schubert. He is 'wms' on this site. Oh yeah like '' Hi Shubert how are you? By the way is it true that you are not the owner of this site? '' 
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| Author: | BigDoug [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
WMS definitely owns KGS. Kiseido is no longer a sponsor, but the ownership is unaffected by that. |
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| Author: | DrStraw [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
KGS was originally called igoweb and had no association with Kiseido at all. Bill wrote it all himself and has always been the sole owner. Kiseido sponsored it with financial help from the early days and so Bill changed the name to the "Kiseido Go Server". However, Kiseido stopped providing money and so he decided to change the name. The acronym KGS was so firmly established that he decided to just go with that. KGS no longer is an abbreviation for anything, just like BP is no longer officially British Petroleum. Last time I spoke to Bill about it, several years ago, he was peeved that the Kiseido web site continued to say "Play Go online on the Kiseido Go Server (KGS)" (it still does) but he did not think it worth making a fuss. |
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| Author: | fwiffo [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
I think you're looking for the term "truck number". I always imagined, now that Kiseido's sponsorship is gone, that KGS stood for "KGS Go Server". |
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| Author: | CarlJung [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
Kool Go Server |
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| Author: | karaklis [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
Stefany93 wrote: Oh yeah like '' Hi Shubert how are you? By the way is it true that you are not the owner of this site? '' Please call him "Shubert-san", or better "Shubert-sama" as we all do. 
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| Author: | DrStraw [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
fwiffo wrote: I think you're looking for the term "truck number". I always heard it referred to as the "Mack truck theory". I am guessing that if anything happened to wms we would have to rely on glue to hold it all together. 
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| Author: | Chew Terr [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
DrStraw wrote: I am guessing that if anything happened to wms we would have to rely on glue to hold it all together. Bwahaha! |
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| Author: | CarlJung [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
karaklis wrote: Stefany93 wrote: Oh yeah like '' Hi Shubert how are you? By the way is it true that you are not the owner of this site? '' Please call him "Shubert-san", or better "Shubert-sama" as we all do. I refer to him as His Holyness the WMS. |
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| Author: | Chew Terr [ Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ownership? |
CarlJung wrote: karaklis wrote: Stefany93 wrote: Oh yeah like '' Hi Shubert how are you? By the way is it true that you are not the owner of this site? '' Please call him "Shubert-san", or better "Shubert-sama" as we all do. I refer to him as His Holyness the WMS. Ah, and soon we shall devolve into many more WMSical nicknames! (Get it? Whimsical!?) |
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