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Subject: Re: Why Rybka isnt Freeware? n/t

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:42:06 02/09/06

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On February 09, 2006 at 19:26:03, Steve B wrote:

>>But the house that was given away was not worthless.  Neither did it devaluate
>>the house that was sold.
>
>
>well,if the house that was built for free was in a high value neighborhood
>you can bet your bottom dollar you just wiped out the value of nearby homes but
>good
>
>the reason..
>
>lets just say that neither you or i will be moving into a house built by Carters
>Habitat for Humanity program

I am sure that the rich people in an expensive neighborhood would have got their
fancy lawyers to make sure it was built where it did not bother them.

I doubt very much if such a thing should become an issue.

I also own my own house but would have no problem with a Habitat for Humanity
home being built next to mine or even moving into one.

>what this has to do with Rybka  i dont know

After the lawyers cost the homeowners $73,000.87 to keep the Habitat for
Humanity home out of their neighborhood, they could no longer afford the $25 for
ChessMaster, so they had to download Rybka instead.

I should have used the cat story instead.  My best friend in High School (Alan
Endres) had a sister named Julie who wanted a cat.
"Great!"  I said, "My sister's cat just had a litter of kittens.  She'll give
you one for free."

"No," she said, "I want one that costs a lot of money!"

"OK," I replied. "She'll charge you for it."

There.  Chess' freeware mystery explained.



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