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Subject: Re: About the Posts About My Post About Results of Poll 16

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 08:47:29 09/07/98

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On September 06, 1998 at 20:46:59, Serge Desmarais wrote:

>On September 06, 1998 at 20:24:23, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On September 06, 1998 at 14:50:53, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Bob:
>>>Glad to know no wrath from you is involved. As concerning a question about a
>>>full list of programs and how many of us own what, i think is very interesting,
>>>of course, and If Steve is reading this, I would aks him to use it in the next
>>>poll. By the way, I am those in the 14% that would purchase Crafty at 100 bucks,
>>>if neccesary, althoug I would prefer to pay less, of course...:-)
>>>Fernando
>>
>>Then you are in a very small minority, but you are in luck, because the
>>price won't change.. :)
>
>
>   The question was tricky! If Crafty was sold for 100$ would you buy it? I
>answered no! I just bought Fritz for $200 and as a student, it is the more I
>could afford for a long time to come! The answer would have been NO for any
>program (Rebel 9 ro 10, MChess 6 or 7 or anyother program in that price range)!
>That is the first expensive chess program I buy in a few years! Of course, if I
>was earning a BIG salary every week, that would have been another story! I
>cannot buy any interesting chess program that comes on the market, though I
>would like : got bills to pay... :(
>
>
>Serge Desmarais


In fact I think that the mistake in the question was the price mark. If the
question was made at 25 bucks as price of Crafty, I bet the percentaje would
have been higher, very higher.
fernando



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