Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 13:45:31 04/07/03
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On April 07, 2003 at 13:16:25, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On April 07, 2003 at 12:43:34, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>At this point in computer chess, I think the only way to make any significant >>amount of money is _not_ to have the absolute strongest program in the world, >>but to have something to offer the casual person who is interested in chess. For >>instance, Chessmaster is not the strongest program in the world, but it sells >>far more than any other chess program because it has easy to use features that >>lower level players enjoy and use. >> >>I think that you would make more money if you wrote a program to teach young >>children how to play chess than you would if you wrote a program that is as >>strong as Ruffian. >> >>I also think you'd make more money working part time at MacDonalds than any >>other realistic scenario you mentioned. 100 points stronger than Fritz is >>probably not realistic. If you did accomplish that, you would probably make more >>money from playing Kasparov than you would selling your program. There are >>already dozens of programs that can beat 99.9999999999% of the world. The need >>is not for more strong programs. >> >>If you could write a master level go playing program, then you could make some >>serious money. > >6*10^9*(1-0.999999999999) = 0.006 Exactly, that's about what Uri will earn an hour.
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