Author: Tony Werten
Date: 00:48:59 08/29/01
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On August 28, 2001 at 17:50:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 28, 2001 at 17:41:35, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: > >>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? > >That is midway between professional and amateur. Just above pseudo-professional >and just below almost-professional. > >The titles are really meaningless. And they aren't honored very much in the >way people are categorized anyway. IE you either sell the program or you >don't. Like being "almost-pregnant". This seems to be correct. Somebody is almost pregnant if she has decided she wants to be, stopped taking the pil ( or whatever ) but for some reason it takes more time to become pegnant than expected. A semiprofessional wants to be a professional, but the product isn't good to live of right now so they start selling it and keep their normal job until the sales are high enough. Both decided they wanna-be, they can be considered one, but it hasn't happened fully yet. Hence semi-professional, almost-pregnant. Tony > > > > >> >>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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