Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:50:15 06/25/04
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On June 25, 2004 at 13:14:09, Andre van Ark wrote: >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 Agreed, which is why he is still the engine programmer for Chessmaster. :-) jm
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