Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:48:35 08/29/01
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On August 29, 2001 at 08:38:17, Christophe Theron wrote: >On August 29, 2001 at 05:37:10, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On August 29, 2001 at 05:06:21, Derrick Daniels wrote: >> >>>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? >> >>I am not sure that ferret is not in the top five and I have not enough >>information to know but even if it is not in the top five that >>is clearly possible people buy programs that are not the best >>in playing games for other reasons. > > > >Uri, > >as you said you know very little about it, actually close to nothing, but you >managed to write several posts on this topic, even suggesting that Ferret's >price is between $100 and $10.000.000 (which seems extremely accurate, but >actually I do not know more than you). > >Are you trying to get some beauty prize for these posts, or something like that? >:) > >Like Derrick, I was assuming you were joking. :) > > > Christophe If posting on purpose something that cause people to smile or to laughis means joking then I admit that I was joking but it does not contradict the fact that I meant to every word that I wrote. Uri
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