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Subject: Re: Purchasing Tiger: a question for Christophe

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 11:21:04 11/02/01

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On November 02, 2001 at 14:10:32, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On November 02, 2001 at 13:23:52, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>Hi Christophe,
>>
>>There's a question I've been thinking about for a long time.  Let's see if I can
>>ask it without it coming out wrong:
>>
>>I bought Rebel Tiger 13 (& upgraded to 14) and think it plays great.  I bought
>>Chess Assistant, which comes with Tiger 13, but got no discount for essentially
>>buying Tiger 13 again.  Now I've standardized on the ChessBase interface and I
>>wish to run Tiger inside that, but there is apparently no discount or upgrade
>>path from the versions I already have, even though the engine is reportedly
>>identical.  I must purchase Tiger yet a 3rd time for the same PC.
>>
>>On a separate, but semi-related note, I would also like to register Tiger for
>>Palm.  And when it arrives, I'll want Tiger for PocketPC.
>>
>>Having lost my job in July, it's hard for me to justify (to myself or my
>>significant other) paying for Tiger again and again, especially 3
>>only-slightly-different PC copies.  Is there any thought of providing package
>>discounts if a person buys several types of Tiger (e.g., ChessBase, Palm, and
>>PocketPC) all at once?  And/or perhaps a discount on certain types of Tiger
>>(multiple PC flavors and/or different platforms) if the buyer already owns other
>>type(s)?
>>
>>Thanks!!
>
>
>
>There is no plan to provide such discounts for the PC version of the Chess Tiger
>engine. Actually you are talking about 3 competiting companies here, so they do
>not have to coordinate their efforts.
>
>However there will be a discount for users of Tiger for Palm who will buy the
>PocketPC version, and it will also work the other way around.
>
>If you already have a PocketPC computer, you can have the PocketPC version for
>free by becoming a beta tester of the PocketPC version. Actually that's not for
>free: you'll have to use it and provide feedback about this version, which means
>you'll have to do some work for us. You'll pay for the PocketPC version with
>your work if you prefer. It's not a good deal in term of salary, but on the
>other hand that's time you would have spend playing with a chess program
>anyway... :)
>


I would be delighted to do this.  (I was a beta tester for Hiarcs 1.0 and for
Zarkov, so many years ago.  I was told I did a very good job.)

I have an iPAQ 3635 (206 MHz StrongARM).

Feel free to send Tiger for PocketPC to me any time!  ardee@mediaone.net

Thanks,

  -Roy.



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