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Subject: Re: Any news about ChessTiger 16 release date ?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 15:19:13 09/04/03

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On September 04, 2003 at 00:18:52, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On September 03, 2003 at 23:53:48, Jason Waugh wrote:
>
>>On September 03, 2003 at 18:45:43, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>>AFAIK, Christophe is currently working on the ARM version of
>>>>ChessTiger for Palm devices.
>>
>>>Gian-Carlo, what is your source exactly???
>>>
>>>When you do not know the answer to a question, the best you can do is simply to
>>>NOT answer.
>>
>>
>>Christophe, you are the one person to whom the question of "when's the next
>>version?" is asked the most, and I notice that you do *not* answer, and I
>>respect that, and fully understand not only why you don't answer, but also why
>>you would ask Gian-Carlo not to answer on your behalf.  I'm also happy that you
>>don't bow to the pressure.
>>
>>Unfortunately, you have been breaking your own rule since the release of the
>>Tungsten T -- in fact, the way you were hyping armlets it was assumed that your
>>Dec. 22 release of last year would be the armlet version of Tiger with Hi-Res...
>>it wasn't. (note, CT remains the best looking, most full-featured, best playing
>>program on the face of the handheld planet... I'm not trying to deny you of the
>>credit you truly deserve)
>>
>>Since then, you have done nothing but talk about: your forays into Linux, and
>>your work on the "arm-native" version of Chess Tiger.
>>
>>If anybody were to ask me what Christophe Theron is working on, I'd say "since
>>sometime about a year ago he's been working on a new version of Chess Tiger for
>>the palm with some Arm code in it but god knows what the hell has happened to
>>that"   and I'm sure, if I wanted to, I could use the CCC search engine to fully
>>back that claim with *your* words.
>>
>>If people are under the impression that you are working on some "arm-native"
>>version of Chess Tiger for the palm platform, it is specifically because you
>>have stated so on numerous occasions.  You are way off base for chiding
>>Gian-Carlo for answering that in response to a legitimate query.
>>
>>
>>Jason W.
>
>
>
>Come on, who is going to believe that I would have to spend a FULL YEAR on this?
>;)
>
>The reality of my work is more complex than "he is working on the ARM version".
>
>I'm doing several things at the same time. Some tasks take a long time because
>the amount of automatic testing is huge compared to the amount of actual
>programming work. Some tasks take a long time because there is human testing
>involved and the quality of the testing is worth the wait. Some tasks take a
>long time because I'm waiting for something before I can go ahead. Some tasks
>take a long time because of the innovating nature of the concept behind them
>(and they could take forever or could be ready next week). Some tasks take a
>long time because I can work on them only when I'm not busy with the other
>tasks.
>
>In short: I'm very busy with several different "things" and I do not want to
>reveal what these things are exactly. You will not find any word about them in
>my recent CCC posts, sorry.
>
>
>
>    Christophe

Nevertheless you leave us with little to go by, but It seems to me that about
the only thing _I_ recall you as saying (in a specific way) was that you were
working on was the ARM-based version of Tiger. (so he had that "information"
from YOU)
Also, there were times you used to be more talkative.
S.Taylor



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