Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 12:57:27 04/07/03
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On April 07, 2003 at 10:15:22, Steve Maughan wrote: >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 but how are you going to pay for those 10 hours you need for each person that buys your 'winboard' engine if it is without interface of its own? that's 10000 hours of helpdesk. no one can give helpdesk of 10k hours for just $30k a year. >>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 $45 i.e. quite serious money. isn't ruffian 100 points better than fritz8 when using same openingsbook? Please turn off learning in fritz (after each game delete book simply) and let it play at random. do same thing with ruffian. take care they use same PGN book. See who wins. my money on ruffian. ruffian is free engine. so that basically answers uri's question. A solution without interface never sells of course. >>when the author of smarthink claims that he earns only 100$ 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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