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Subject: Re: What do you mean by "author opinion"? You mean "free"?

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 14:41:35 08/28/01

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On August 28, 2001 at 17:30:08, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On August 28, 2001 at 17:27:11, Matthias Gemuh wrote:
>
>>
>>What do you mean by  "author opinion"?
>
>The author of the respective program does not consider
>themselves an amateur, and hence they are a professional
>(or an academic, which I consider a professional for this
>purpose)

I agree 100% with your perception of this "amateur" issue.
However, I make the distinction between "academic" and "commercial" because
the latter is for profit and makes a hell of a difference. There should
be a difference, at least on the entry fee :-) Commercials make a profit out of
the name of ICCA if they win the championship so they have to pay that.

What I do not understand is how come you can chose what category to
register yourself in the event. Somebody mention semi-profesional...
what is that?

Regards,
Miguel


>
>I'm unsure about Ferret...appearently Bruce has already
>refused the amateur title once...does he consider himself
>an amateur or not?
>
>>You mean "free"?
>
>I'm not sure what you mean here?
>
>--
>GCP



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