Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 13:17:43 04/07/03
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On April 07, 2003 at 15:02:14, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >On April 07, 2003 at 13:16:23, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On April 07, 2003 at 12:58:40, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >> >>>On April 07, 2003 at 09:56:54, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>Suppose that a programmer of a good program decides to sell his(her) engine only >>>>as a winboard engine(it can run under Fritz in these conditions) >>>> >>>>I am interested in your estimate for the following questions >>>> >>>>How much money (s)he can get from it in the following cases: >>>> >>>>1)The program is at similiar level to Crafty >>>>2)The program is at similiar level to Ruffian >>>>3)The program is at similiar level to Fritz8 >>>>4)The program is 100 elo better than Fritz8 >>>> >>>>I thought that the programmers of the top amateur(crafty level that are not >>>>clones of other programs) are probably rich people thanks to the fact that they >>>>are good programmers so they do not care if they can make more 100$ per month >>>>from their program but it seems that I was wrong based on the following post >>>>when the author of smarthink claims that he earns only 100$ per month: >>>> >>>>http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/messages/46347.htm >>>> >>>>Another possibility is that I am wrong in my guess that he can make money by >>>>selling his program. >>>> >>>>More questions: >>>> >>>>suppose for the discussion that a programmer decides to earn 10$ per copy that >>>>(s)he sells. >>>>Suppose that the programmer expects to sell 120 copies per year. >>>> >>>>What should be the price of the program? >>>> >>>>Is the price significantly higher relative to the case that he expects to sell >>>>1200 or 12000 copies per year? >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>Hi, >>> >>>the price make the programmer. >>>And if we have an engine with 2000 ELO for 49 US Dollar is this OK for me. >>> >>>But the most amateur chess programmers have fun on this hobby and don't think >>>about money. >> >>There is no contradiction between fun and money. > >Actually there is, when money get's involved it turns a hobby into a business >and with business comes responsibility, deadlines, (potential) greed, >commercialisation etc. and what used to be fun is now a business, sure you make >some money, but at what price? > >Jonas Uri and making money are 2 contradictions i guess. Imagine Uri manages when he's 65 to sell 1 version. User emails: "how to get it to work, if i click it it opens a dialog and then gives error and goes away". Uri mails back: "i disagree, it works otherwise you would not get error". User emails: "i didn't pay for a product that gives error. give me a refund!" Uri mails back: "i disagree, you do not need refund as you might have gotten it to work". User emails: "i'll sue you, you idiot!" Uri mails back: "i do not think so, because you could have gotten it to work" User politely emails: "then show me how to get it to work" Uri mails back: "ask at CCC" User emails: "CCC?" Uri mails back: "yes" User (2 weeks later after 10 emails how to get onto CCC): "but i do not get answers there!" Uri mails back: "i disagree, even i posted something there" User: "but you are only person posting there!"
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