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Subject: Re: some questions about chess programs and money

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 16:22:56 04/08/03

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On April 08, 2003 at 13:33:20, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>On April 08, 2003 at 08:41:10, Daniel Clausen wrote:
>
>>On April 08, 2003 at 07:38:34, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>
>>>This program was (and still is) the only fully rendered 3D checkers program, so
>>>it obviously drew a lot of attention. I released it as shareware, so that the
>>>users can try it for 30 days, then they have to pay $20 to register it. $20
>>>seemed to be too much, and the ratio of sells to downloads was rather low. After
>>>a month or two, I changed the price to $9.99, the sales more than tripled.
>>>Although in the hindsight I think that $9.99 was probably too low, sending a
>>>message "hey this program is so poor, that is why it is priced 9.99". Maybe
>>>something like $15 would have been better.
>>>
>>>Today 'Braveheart 3D Checkers II' is available as advertising supported
>>>freeware.
>>
>>Thanks for this info. Whether this could be translated to chess engines is
>>another question, but at least it's a data point from someone. :)
>>
>>Sargon
>>
>>PS. I'll buy your program if you port it to Linux ;)
>
>Is there a DirectX for Linux?! Besides, I have no idea how to use 3D Card in the
>graphics engine under Linux!

DirectX works just like OpenGL under linux. there is a great winex runtime
emulator for that.

bit slower but well...



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