Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 13:48:57 02/16/03
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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? Generally speaking, no one (programmer, company, etc) wants admit that his product is not the best selling. So why publish stats and ruin the party? ;-) > >Another list that may be interesting is list of free programs based on the >number of people who downloaded it. > >It may be something like this: >Ruffian1.0.1 256043 downloads >Crafty19.01 234123 downloads >... Impossible unless there is a central download website. For example http://download.com is by far the most popular download center for the mainstream products, so you can get a good idea of popularity of each program by looking at its stats. > >I do not know the real numbers and all my numbers are only for giving an >example. > >Uri
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