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Subject: Re: some questions about chess programs and money

Author: maria clara benedicto

Date: 04:24:03 04/08/03

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                gee, uri, dont mind em. ur cool.


On April 08, 2003 at 00:38:31, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On April 07, 2003 at 18:49:32, Chris Hull wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>As he's playing russian roulette usually here,
>roubles will do fine for Uri!



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