Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 15:46:29 09/04/03
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On September 04, 2003 at 18:19:13, stuart taylor wrote:
>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
Yes, and some information I have been posting here has been used against me.
So now I must be very careful.
Christophe
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