Author: Andre van Ark
Date: 10:14:09 06/25/04
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On June 24, 2004 at 12:54:12, John Merlino wrote: >On June 24, 2004 at 12:15:31, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>Have you noted that, exception made of De Konning, almost everybody else in the >>software team of CM 10.000 are people form Rumania and other ex socialist >>countries located in East Europe? Just look at the names in "credits" >>So we see, also, in chess programming, the arrival of the already known trend in >>software development houses to hire cheaper talent. >>Perhaps our pal Merlino was someday victim of that furious race to undercut >>costs. >>Fernando >>Phd in Chess Economy > >Indeed, the entire team (as far as I know) is in Bucharest, Romania. This is >(mostly) the same team that programmed the PS2 version of Chessmaster. > >One thing I should make clear, at the defense of the new team, is that "cheaper" >does not necessarily mean "worse". It's just an economic issue. If you can get >15 developers in Romania for half the cost of 5 developers in Northern >California, and your company is based in Paris, what would YOU do? > >jm
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