Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:46:18 05/28/02
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On May 28, 2002 at 15:39:43, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 28, 2002 at 15:24:14, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On May 28, 2002 at 14:47:17, K. Burcham wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>I have been curious about what motivates chess programmers. What do they really >>>want from their creation? >>> >>>1. Money >> >>Not gonna happen. The best chess programmers in the world are not millionaires. >> If they turned their talents to other fields, they could easily make a heck of >>a lot more money. > >Maybe you are right that they could earn more money from other fields but >it does not change the fact that they want to earn money from their programs if >they sell them or plan to sell them. > >I am also not sure that Fransh Morsh is not millionaire. Like a drug user, forced to do anything he can to supply their habit, they will extract money to keep up their quest. However, I am absolutely sure that both Frans Morsh and Christophe Theron could earn many time more doing something else. To write a chess program at that level requires incredible ability. The money does not drive the generation of chess programs, even for the professionals. If I am wrong, they are free to correct me. ;-)
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