Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 12:32:32 02/13/06
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On February 13, 2006 at 04:22:21, Peter Skinner wrote: >On February 13, 2006 at 03:29:19, Vasik Rajlich wrote: > >>On February 12, 2006 at 13:32:33, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>>This is nothing more than a flagrant attempt in polling users about possible >>>commercial payment possibilities for your program, and as such I am removing the >>>thread. >>> >>>As per the charter: >>> >>>Once a member gains access to the message board, he may read all messages and >>>post new or response messages with the proviso that these new or response >>>messages: >>> >>> 1. Are, within reason, on the topic of computer chess >>> 2. Are not abusive in nature >>> 3. Do not contain personal and/or libelous attacks on others >>> 4. Are not flagrant commercial exhortations >>> 5. Are not of questionable legal status. >>> >>>What about rule #4 do you not understand? >>> >>>Peter >> >>I think the moderation team should clarify rule #4. >> >>My post did not: >> >>1) Talk positively about Rybka >>2) Make any commercial mention (website, price) >> >>Further, my topic has general computer chess interest. >> >>How is this commercial, when (for example) the collector's corner stuff is not? >>(Just to clarify - I have absolutely no problem with the collector's corner. >>It's just that there will always be some brushing up with commercial issues.) >> >>Vas > >Then please clarify how this is NOT relating to commercial interest regarding >your program: > >Quote > >"Hello, > >my experience with various releases over the past two months has been quite >positive, and one of the things that I have tossing over in my mind is the idea >of continuing a sort of "rolling release schedule" for versions of Rybka after >1.2. Customers would pay for a subscription, rather than for a specific release. > >Probably, the release schedule would be on the order of once per one or two >months. > >If this happens, of course existing customers will have their order turned into >a subscription which starts when Rybka 1.2 is ready. In fact, I'd probably add >some sort of a bonus for the early customers. > >There are three problematic issues: > >1) How to combine it in the future with CD sales. >2) How to convince someone whose subscription period just expired to renew >immediately, when the next update will be only marginally better than the >previous one. Basically, in that scenario, you are selling the future. >3) This whole approach depends on continual progress, and loses its point when >progress comes to a crawl." > >End Quote > >You mention your program, how you can get new customers and retain old ones, and >the differences between a release fee and a subscription fee. > >You then ask above to get the replies to this _before_ I removed them. I know >the reason.. you want to see the feedback.. nothing more. > >Please enlighten me as to how I am wrong. > >Peter Look, I don't have a serious problem with anything that happened here. This flagrant commercial exhortation rule is still quite vague IMHO and loosely enforced. I see on this first forum page three different people posting direct ordering links for products. Vas
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