Author: Bo Persson
Date: 12:25:57 09/01/01
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On August 29, 2001 at 03:48:59, Tony Werten wrote: >On August 28, 2001 at 17:50:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On August 28, 2001 at 17:41:35, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >> >>>On August 28, 2001 at 17:30:08, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>> >>>>On August 28, 2001 at 17:27:11, Matthias Gemuh wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>What do you mean by "author opinion"? >>>> >>>>The author of the respective program does not consider >>>>themselves an amateur, and hence they are a professional >>>>(or an academic, which I consider a professional for this >>>>purpose) >>> >>>I agree 100% with your perception of this "amateur" issue. >>>However, I make the distinction between "academic" and "commercial" because >>>the latter is for profit and makes a hell of a difference. There should >>>be a difference, at least on the entry fee :-) Commercials make a profit out of >>>the name of ICCA if they win the championship so they have to pay that. >>> >>>What I do not understand is how come you can chose what category to >>>register yourself in the event. Somebody mention semi-profesional... >>>what is that? >> >>That is midway between professional and amateur. Just above pseudo-professional >>and just below almost-professional. >> >>The titles are really meaningless. And they aren't honored very much in the >>way people are categorized anyway. IE you either sell the program or you >>don't. Like being "almost-pregnant". > >This seems to be correct. > >Somebody is almost pregnant if she has decided she wants to be, stopped taking >the pil ( or whatever ) but for some reason it takes more time to become pegnant >than expected. > >A semiprofessional wants to be a professional, but the product isn't good to >live of right now so they start selling it and keep their normal job until the >sales are high enough. What if it *never* becomes high enough?? I sold a few thousand copies of my program in the late 1980s. It is hard to tell if it *ever* made the break-even point for the publisher though. >Both decided they wanna-be, they can be considered one, but it hasn't happened >fully yet. Hence semi-professional, almost-pregnant. Am I a semi-pro, because I sold a few copies 10 years ago? Where do you draw the line? >Tony > >> >> >> >> >>> >>>Regards, >>>Miguel >>> >>> >>>> >>>>I'm unsure about Ferret...appearently Bruce has already >>>>refused the amateur title once...does he consider himself >>>>an amateur or not? I believe Bruce had some time, like I had last year, when he could work full time on his program because he didn't *have* a day job... So he is not a pro, but worked full time on his program. Go figure! :-) Bo Persson bop2@telia.com
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