Author: Harald Faber
Date: 08:02:49 04/08/03
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On April 08, 2003 at 05:33:59, Uri Blass wrote: >On April 08, 2003 at 05:02:10, Harald Faber 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 >> >>0 >> >>>2)The program is at similiar level to Ruffian >> >>0, same strength, same prize... > >I guess that most of the people who buy based on strength will not buy something >that is not better than Ruffian but not all are the same. > >> >>>3)The program is at similiar level to Fritz8 >> >>50 bucks of course, same strength, same prize... >> >>>4)The program is 100 elo better than Fritz8 >> >>Something between 50 and 100, for me 100 is absolute limit and only justified >>when the engine beats ALL other competitors by at least 75%. >> >>>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? >> >>Uh, 10$ x 120 copies, this guy will become a very rich man. :-))) >>I have no overview, but of course the prize then has to be earn (10$) plus costs >>(??$). >> >>>Is the price significantly higher relative to the case that he expects to sell >>1200 or 12000 copies per year? >>>Uri >> >>Economy lesson, part 1: >>Case 1) >>You have a product. Your costs are about 500$ per item. You sell it for 1,500$ >>per item. You sell 1,000 items. >>Case 2) >>Now someone comes and says: You have to half the prize! So you are stupid and >>really sell it for 750$. How many items do you have to sell more to earn as much >>as you sell with 1,500$ and 1,000 items? Idiots say: Half the prize, double the >>sold items. In this lesson, you learn: This is wrong. ;-) >>See: >>Case 1) lets you PROFIT 1,000 items x (1,500$ - 500$) = 1,000,000$ >>Case 2) lets you PROFIT 1,000 items x (750$ - 500$) = 250,000$ >> >>So you have to sell not twice as much... > >I know mathematics. > > >> >>I know that the costs for 10,000 items are not 10x the costs as for 1,000 items, >>but this story will follow in Economy lesson, part 2. ;-) > >This is exactly the question that I ask. >What is the cost that I need to pay to sell x items(if we assume that there are >buyers)? This question is best answered by a company which sells software. >It is clear that only sending the program by mail cost money. >I also guess that copying a program many times can cost less money for one copy. > >Uri
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