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Subject: Re: New Chess Program by MS. My Findings with Top Brass MS Guys

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:19:07 11/16/01

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On November 16, 2001 at 17:59:06, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On November 16, 2001 at 15:40:21, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On November 16, 2001 at 13:57:13, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On November 16, 2001 at 13:56:14, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>>
>>>>Agreed: having the strongest chess program for the PC will lend MS significant
>>>>prestige.
>>>>
>>>>Anybody think they have a chance at accomplishing this without buying out Tiger
>>>>or another of the current top engines?
>>>
>>>
>>>Chris -- would you sell out to MS for US$1M? $2M? $5M??
>>
>>They are not going to ask me anyway.
>>
>Come on, you can still answer a hypothetical question!  What would your price
>be?

He lives on a tropical island.  Since he is not wild about the company in the
first place, I suspect it would be more than they are willing to spend.

He may not know what (if any) his price would be.  Until someone actually throws
a few buckets of money at you, it's hard to know how you would really react.



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