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Subject: Re: Is there a reason not to have a sale list of chess programs

Author: Mike Hood

Date: 09:18:32 02/16/03

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On February 16, 2003 at 07:37:48, Bo Persson wrote:

>On February 16, 2003 at 06:28:58, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>I mean something like this
>>Sales in 2002
>>chessmaster9000 173303 copies
>>Fritz7          121047 copies
>>Fritz8           70345 copies
>>...
>>
>>Is there a reason for chess programmers to hide that information and if there is
>>a reason what is the reason?
>
>Marketing reasons.
>
>If you are number one, you will love the list. "The Worlds Best Selling Chess
>Program" is great to stick to the box!
>
>If you are one digit short on the number of copies, that's not something you
>want to have published.
>
>
>Bo Persson
>bop2@telia.com

Yes, but I think that it is obvious to everyone that Chessmaster outsells all
its opponents, so why doesn't Chessmaster at least release its sales figures?



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