Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 13:31:26 08/20/05
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On August 20, 2005 at 16:17:34, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 20, 2005 at 16:06:56, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>On August 20, 2005 at 15:57:58, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On August 20, 2005 at 15:45:47, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >>> >>>>>i do hope they sell this program for money. >>>>> >>>>>IMO it is worth the money they would take. >>>>> >>>>>for all others version 1.0 is free. >>>>>but i would like to see them making some profit out of it. >>>>> >>>>>why not ? >>>> >>>>I don't mind spending money on chess engines, not at all infact as i have spent >>>>too much in proportion to what is rational :) >>>> >>>>However i think that it might be a mistake to try and profit from a program like >>>>Zappa, as the time and energy it takes in setting up sales, costumer service, >>>>webpage, extra gimmicks etc etc. in proportion to what you stand to earn >>>>potentially is not worth it guess as the return, if any, would be really small >>>>plus that time and energy could be spent making the engine even better. >>>> >>>>So unless Chessbase is waving a big check, i suspect it would be too much work >>>>for too little money. (i would buy it myself, but what would "the average joe" >>>>pick, chessmaster or ...Zappa). >>>> >>>>Jonas >>> >>>The average Joe is not important and I guess that there are going to be >>>something like 10,000 buyers who are going to buy zappa for 50$ only as uci >>>engine with no interface in the next year in case that it is sold. >>> >>>If 10$ of it is money that the programmer is going to earn then he can earn >>>100,000$ for one year. >>> >>>Uri >> >>Most of your 10.000 buyers download Toga II and have something which performs >>most probably much better on their single processor machine. >>Just look at Kurts unbelievable results. >> >>Michael > >I am not sure about it because zappa is significantly improved so you do not >know if TogaII performs better than it on one processor. > >I tend to believe the opposite but I am not sure about it. > >Uri The WCCC is played with different hardware,different books and special preparation for the opponents. I would never make any conclusions about playing strength of the engines from such a tourney. Michael
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