Author: Mark Rawlings
Date: 17:32:23 06/07/02
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With the quality and variety of game programs that are completely free, such as Crafty for chess, Zebra for Othello, Velena for Connect-4, etc., it's amazing to me that _anyone_ makes any money! (On the other hand, I just bought Tiger for Palm...) Mark On June 07, 2002 at 14:53:37, Uri Blass wrote: >I guess that today programmers earn less from chess programs relative to the >past because of the fact that computers are too strong. > >I guess that today it is possible to earn more from go programs than from chess >programs but I have no idea if I am right? > >Am I right in my guess? >If not then what is the thinking game that can help programmers to get the most >money from it(I do not consider things like building a better interface but only >the engine)? > >Is go the thinking game that is the easiest for humans to beat programs? > >Are there programmers who consider to leave chess for other thinking games >because they believe that they can make more money from the engine in other >thinking games? > >I know only about 2 programmers of commercial chess programs who developed >programs for other thinking games. > >One of them is Johan de koning (the programmer of chessmaster) and I remember >that his program won the world championship in another thinking game but I do >not know if he sells another playing program except chessmaster. >Another one is the programmer of chess system tal chris Whittington. > >Are there more programmers of commercial chess programs who decided to develop >programs for other thinking games? > >Uri
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