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Subject: Re: What a success! To get rich on a chess program!!!

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 15:41:32 08/22/02

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On August 22, 2002 at 12:54:08, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Stuart,
>
>Don't want to burst your bubble but according to Handango there have 'only' been
>80,000 downloads of Chess Tiger for the Palm.  I imagine no more than 5% of
>these will register, and then there is the ~20% commission to Handango, which
>would give Christophe ~$96,000.  Not bad - and he deserves every penny - but I
>doubt he's a millionnaire.
>
>On the other hand I have heard that he's sunning himself on a Carribean island -
>so maybe he just lives the life of a millionnaire!!
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve

$96,000 together with whatever he gets on other programs, in no way makes him
rich, but it still might be a world record of supporting oneself reasonably well
on one ot two chess programs alone.
S.Taylor



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