Author: Shep
Date: 07:58:13 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 08:18:28, Alvaro Polo wrote: >On January 14, 2000 at 08:04:01, Rajen Gupta wrote: > >>last year 9or was it 2 yrs back when Hsu first claimed he could produce a single >>chip kasparov beater, i was highly sceptical and was sure hsu would find an >>excuse not to produce it-and sure enough he has- >> >>if he really does have such a chip i'm sure others wiould be interested in >>buying these rights >> >>rajen gupta > >I am not that sure that others would be interested in buying these rights. I >don't believe there is enough money on the chess market to sell the chips >profitably. The computer chess market is very small. The only money there >is, in my opinion, lies in a match DB-Kasparov. This third match interests I'd disagree a bit. Just remember how much money some of the wealthy chess clubs (e.g. in Germany or Israel) pay to have GM's playing for them. I can imagine a _lot_ of chess clubs all over Europe would be willing to buy several units each to help their players analyze, teach their younger members etc. Also I suppose almost every 2200+ player would like to have one, too. All this adds up to probably much more than 3,000 or 5,000 units. With a pricing of $500-$1000, that should be possible to realize (given that you can gain even more through the PR you get with this for any other product you might sell). At least it seems like a risk some companies might be willing to take. --- Shep
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