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Subject: Re: About Ferret

Author: Derrick Daniels

Date: 02:06:21 08/29/01

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On August 29, 2001 at 03:54:30, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 29, 2001 at 03:34:11, Sergei Smith wrote:
>
>>I see Ferret got good results during the championship.
>>Is Ferret the new name of an old program like Quest is the new name of Fritz ?
>>If Ferret is a new program, where is can you download it or order the CD ?
>
>Ferret is a known program and you cannot download it.
>There is no CD for Ferret and it is not commercial program
>
>You can send an email to bruce moreland and tell him how much money
>you agree to pay for ferret.
>
>It is clear that 100$ is not enough for you to get it(otherwise
>it could be commercial) but I guess that
>10,000,000$ is more than enough so it is only
>a question of money and only bruce can tell you the price.
>
>There is no public price for Ferret and bruce does not need to make
>the minimal price public.
>
>He may lose from doing the minimal price public.
>For example if the minimal price is 1,000,000$ and somebody suggests
>2,000,000$ then it means that he is going to lose 1,000,000$.
>
>I guess that nobody is going to ask bruce to buy Ferret
>for these prices but I may be wrong and one person
>who is very rich may be enough to prove that my guess is wrong.
>
>Uri


  You are joking right? Why would anyone pay that kind of money for a program,
which is beneath the top five commericial programs? Just charity to Mr. Moreland
perhaps?



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