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Subject: Re: A question for Frederic Friedel

Author: Tina Long

Date: 02:34:31 01/31/00

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On January 31, 2000 at 05:16:44, Anatoli wrote:

>On January 31, 2000 at 04:53:51, Tina Long wrote:
>
>>On January 30, 2000 at 03:33:26, Anatoli wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Frederic !
>>>I hope you had a good trip this weekend.
>>>I have a question and I think many people also would ask it. Look, many years
>>>ago I bought a good Bosch drill and I am very happy with it. When I need a new
>>>drill bit, I go to the local hardware shop and buy a new bit. And I buy there
>>>only a drill bit, not a whole drill. But my drill is getting older and older and
>>>soon I would buy a new drill.
>>> During the last year I bought Fritz 5.32, Junior 5 and Hiarcs 7. It was around
>>>AUS$100 each including postage.
>>
>>Hi Anatoli (not Karpov)
>>I too am in Australia & I have paid about $60AU for these, including postage.
>>
>>I buy from Germany where our exchange rate is far preferrable compared to USA.
>>I often receive these European programs just before they get to the USA stores.
>>Feel free to EMail me if you wish to know website details.
>>
>>On the rest of your post, I sort of agree except:
>>Programmers need to make a living & have only a fixed market.
>>They must somehow entice us to buy whole programs not just engines.
>>This is not a drill that sells by the million from thousands of stores.
>>This is a luxury computer toy we are purchasing.
>>
>>Cheers
>>Tina Long
>
>Hi Tina !
>Thanks for your answer, but still not from ChessBase.
>But I am afraid nobody

Ah wait another day or so, these Americans are fast asleep when we post.

Also no reply often means no disagreement.

If you write & commercially release a chess software, see where your
price/income views stand then.

>understood my point and importance of this question. And I expected people would
>express their opinion because the question is relavent to everybody here. I have
>bought everything directly from ChessBase and according to my Visa statement, I
>paid AUS $87 for the last Fritz-6 . Of course your price is much lower and if it
>is not a secret, please send me the address of your German supplier who gives
>you so incredible discount.

It is not secret, but this forum is provided by a chess shop, so I don't promote
other chess shops here.  (for those interested the clue is "Bert")
I have sent you EMail.

> Where do you live ?
Mount Kembla, overlooking the beautiful beaches of Wollongong, 50kms south of
Sydney.

Regards,
Tina Long



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