Author: Chris Hull
Date: 15:49:32 04/07/03
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On April 07, 2003 at 16:45:31, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >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. Would that be in Euros or Dollars.
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