Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 16:01:30 11/16/01
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On November 16, 2001 at 18:19:07, Dann Corbit wrote:
>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.
Yes, that's true.
And something else: I'm currently engaged with somebody else, and I can't take
the decision to "sell" Chess Tiger without him.
That's why discussing the question, even from an hypothetical point of view,
would be bad taste from me.
Christophe
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