Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 21:42:22 12/20/01
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On December 20, 2001 at 21:28:41, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 If you spend your free time writing the program, then you don't need to be supported by the money that you make from it. -Tom
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