Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 18:28:41 12/20/01
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On December 20, 2001 at 17:58:11, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>On December 20, 2001 at 14:15:43, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On December 20, 2001 at 14:06:04, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>On December 20, 2001 at 13:38:33, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 20, 2001 at 13:30:11, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On December 20, 2001 at 12:59:13, Scott Gasch wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Crafty is an exception it could easily be sold and converted to commercial, just
>>>>>take a look at this match:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?202622
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sorry but these matches show Crafty losing badly against all top commercial
>>>>programs...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christophe
>>>
>>>
>>>But there are some commercial programs inside of the Young Talents CD that don't
>>>have a chance against Crafty.
>>
>>
>>
>>So they should not be commercial. I was talking about top commercial programs.
>>
>>If you are taking the worst commercial programs as a reference, you can indeed
>>prove anything.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>That sure is a stupid definition of a commercial program, i.e., "what Christophe
>thinks should be commercial."
>
>-Tom
Chess Tiger 10 has been a commercial program and I did not made money from it
because it was not strong enough.
You can put a label with a price on any weak amateur program and suddenly decide
that it's a commercial chess program. But that does not make it a best seller.
What I call "commercial chess program" is a chess program that provides enough
money to his author to support the time and efforts spent in programming it, and
the time and effort spent on preparing the next version.
Or if you prefer I'm talking about viable commercial chess programs. The
definition is fuzzy, but much less than the single word "commercial".
I think at this time you can count them with the fingers of one hand.
Christophe
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