Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 17:19:05 05/12/99
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Yes! - that's what I want to see happen to the chess market as a whole. I'd like to see them all make it into the mass market, and I'd like to see them all make a ton of money. I gues I'm just fantisizing, (well, I can dream, can't I?), but I'd like to see chess break into the American (European & World-wide too), conciousness to such an extent (like baseball, football, basketball, and even maybe Bowling?!), that chess teacher's like myself could make a very good living just being what we are, and the software would be as well desired, as games like Doom. Of course, lets hope that if such a fantizee ever does come true, voilent hapenings in the world, won't be blamed on this or that chess software game as well. But I imagine it comes with the territory... mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! On May 12, 1999 at 16:43:21, William H Rogers wrote: >On May 12, 1999 at 02:11:10, James Robertson wrote: > >>On May 12, 1999 at 00:36:43, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >> >>snip >>Yeah, just as Dave said it is the size of the marker. For most programs, it is >>tiny. One of the differing examples is CM which has a huge American market, and >>so can afford to let prices drop.... >> >>James > >A case in point, but not directly related to chess. I know of a man who was >selling a complete accounting program at $695 per module. He barely got by. >One day a mass marketing company contacted him and offered him a deal. >The reduced the price to $49.95 and he wound up making $6,000,000.00 in his >first year. >I am sure that Chessmaster does the same. >Bill
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