Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 06:41:43 08/04/01
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On August 04, 2001 at 02:25:06, Frank Schneider wrote: >On August 04, 2001 at 01:21:31, Frank Quisinsky wrote: > >>On August 03, 2001 at 17:28:24, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On August 03, 2001 at 16:48:47, Roy Eassa wrote: >>> >>>>Does the existence of such strong free programs eat into profits? Might it >>>>signal the beginning of the end for commercial programs? (I hasten to say, I >>>>keep buying 'em, especially now that they no longer cost USD$100+ apiece.) >>> >>>How many versions did they sell then, and who for **** sake can get >>>a winboard version to work except a few freaks who are like 0.001% of >>>the people big companies like chessmaster and CB sell to? >>> >>>Best regards, >>>Vincent >> >>Hi Vincent, >> >>example: >>SOS 11/99 downloads from my webpage: >>1.145 !! > >Ok, lets say 50% dump the downloaded file after they realize that it >doesn't install itself when you doubleclick on it. >Maybe only 10% of the remaining 572 would have bought SOS if it wasn't free and >20% of them will not buy Shredder or Fritz, because they do not need >a professional GUI or engine anymore. Assumed there are 3 companies to choose >a professional program from, each would loose about 4 customers. May i beg your pardon. Less than 10% will buy it. DIEPs when it was shareware was put on tens of millions of CDroms, only counting Germany + Netherlands, other countries i can't even add to that estimation. Still regurarly a cdrom gets out with 'win95 compatible software' where this DOS version was put on as win95 software. It was small and it is especially put on CDroms in Russia, still receiving emails from that. Today again a few. If 10% of all shareware users would register it, i would be billionaire by now. Well i'm NOT! > >Frank > >> >>Firms must be happy if this = 0.001% :-) >>1.145 = 0.001% Christophe Thereon can make holiday the long year in Guadeloupe >>on the strand :-)) >> >>Furthermore, where you can find more results/webpages? >>WinBoard or any other commercial GUIs/Engines? >> >>Why you can play now with 90% of all commercial GUIs with WinBoard engines? >>Thinking about this befor you write here, maybe a little bit better, better for >>other people which must read your "in German ... Quatsch" ! >> >>Best >>Frank
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