Author: Steve Maughan
Date: 07:15:22 04/07/03
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Uri, I'll have a bash, >How much money (s)he can get from it in the following cases: > >1)The program is at similiar level to Crafty Not much. As a winboard engine (i.e. no GUI) then I'd expect you'd sell at most 50 copies. The price is not that important as long as it is less than $20 per copy. Basically on 'collectors' would buy it. >2)The program is at similiar level to Ruffian This is probably the Gandalf 4 scenario. I'd expect you'd sell about 200 copies (in total) as long as the price is $15 - $30 >3)The program is at similiar level to Fritz8 You will not have the brand equity of Fritz but I expect you'd sell about 500 to 1000 copies depending upon marketing. I doubt the price point can be any more than $25 - $35 >4)The program is 100 elo better than Fritz8 You'd need good marketing but I think you could sell 3000 copies at this strength - I recon you could also get $50 a copy. Of course if it was really this strong your best bet would be to get someone like ChessBase to sell it. Then I think you could sell 8000 copies at $45 i.e. quite serious money. >when the author of smarthink claims that he earns only 100$ per month: Maybe he is demonstrating his programming skill and hopes to get a job in the West for a higher salary? Regards, Steve
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