Author: John Merlino
Date: 09:54:12 06/24/04
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On June 24, 2004 at 12:15:31, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Have you noted that, exception made of De Konning, almost everybody else in the >software team of CM 10.000 are people form Rumania and other ex socialist >countries located in East Europe? Just look at the names in "credits" >So we see, also, in chess programming, the arrival of the already known trend in >software development houses to hire cheaper talent. >Perhaps our pal Merlino was someday victim of that furious race to undercut >costs. >Fernando >Phd in Chess Economy Indeed, the entire team (as far as I know) is in Bucharest, Romania. This is (mostly) the same team that programmed the PS2 version of Chessmaster. One thing I should make clear, at the defense of the new team, is that "cheaper" does not necessarily mean "worse". It's just an economic issue. If you can get 15 developers in Romania for half the cost of 5 developers in Northern California, and your company is based in Paris, what would YOU do? jm
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