Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 00:07:44 12/14/99
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Another thing is that most of the top programs have been improving for _decades_. Expecting a competitive chess program from your son in 1 year is too much, IMHO. -Tom On December 13, 1999 at 23:40:30, Christophe Theron wrote: >On December 13, 1999 at 21:48:43, Martin Grabriel wrote: > >>I believe Rebel Tiger will be very well received. I am just very curious on the >>rewards to programmer. You see, my son is a free lance software programmer and I >>want to encourage him to write a commercial chess program (he plays chess rather >>well but have no time for it). If he spends a year on such a project and managed >>to come out with something like Tiger (hypothetical), will he make enough to >>sustain himself comfortably? If you don't mind me asking, how many copies must >>Rebel Tiger be sold before it pays off for one year of your effort? > > >I cannot give you all the information that you are asking for, but what I can >tell you is that it is *very* hard to make money with a chess program. > >So I would not advice you to plan to get any money from it. > > > Christophe
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