Author: David Dory
Date: 01:13:44 06/12/03
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On June 11, 2003 at 20:07:59, Jerry Winters wrote: > I'm doing a College research paper on Software piracy, i was wondering if >anyone could guess the percentage of people that visit this site, who use >illegal chess software on their computer? Any guesses? Based on visiting RGGC >and other sites i was guess about 90% is that reasonable? Much lower, (as a totally wild guess, I'd estimate less than 5%). Most of the members here are either programmers, or too serious a fan of computer chess to "go cheap", with a pirated copy, or both. They want the full owner's booklet, no questions about access to the various chessprograms' websites for updates, etc. We are also keenly aware that pirated copies do nothing to encourage or support stronger updates, new research, more features, the marketing company, the retailers, and last but not least, the programmers, themselves. Dave
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