Author: Pillsbury
Date: 22:15:27 10/31/99
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On October 31, 1999 at 21:58:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 31, 1999 at 20:17:56, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >>On October 31, 1999 at 15:15:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On October 31, 1999 at 14:54:12, Pillsbury wrote: >>> >>>>Hi >>>> >>>>Well....Here is a suggestion. >>>> >>>>Take a survey of how many are using a particular freeware. And then start >>>>selling the same product at a cost equivalent to the commercial ones ( The Top >>>>Ones!). Take another survey. >>>> >>>>I can easily guess what would be the outcome! >>>> >>>>Anybody who publishes a freeware is earning money from somewhere else. They >>>>should make it free and start charging money for their freeware, if they are >>>>confident of their freeware. >>>> >>>>I do not mean to upset anyone. These are the bitter facts of life. If someone >>>>wants to refute this then take up the challenge! >>>> >>>>Thanks. >>>> >>>>karthick >>> >>> >>>Here's some questions for you: >>> >>>(1) what is _the_ most-used unix implementation world-wide? >>> >>>(2) under unix, what is _the_ most used graphical windowing system, world-wide? >>> >>>(3) what is _the_ standard e-mail transport utility world-wide? >>> >>>(4) what is _the_ standard ftp server software world-wide? >>> >>>(5) what is _the_ standard httpd (web) server software world-wide, excepting >>>windows which often uses a microsoft product). >>> >>>The list goes on and on. And one hint: _all_ of the above are answered by >>>public-domain software products. >> >>But take the point that for what you state when you look at all other freeware >>prgrams on the market, even though they play are large part in the scheme of >>things, they still would make up about 0.02% of the 3% of good freeware programs >>out there. >> >>For every good freeware program you state, I could find and give you 100 crap >>freeware programs, Just goto freeware download sites and look at the quality of >>most of the programs. >> > > >And your point would be? Can you say "windows 95"? Which has the absolutely >most unreliable networking known to man. Which crashes so often the reboot >operation is S.O.P. And then there is NT, which seems to run fine. so 1-1. >And we are commercial. Tax software? I tried something other than Turbo-tax >last year. Absolute piece of sh**. Turbotax comes back to my house this year. >Both cost over 50 bucks a pop. > >You can find lousy freeware, you can find bargins. You can do the same for >commercial software. > > >>Lets say given a poll, if a person had a choice between any commercial chess >>program as well as his choice of any freeware chess program, which do you think >>he would use the most. Commercial ? Here is half the answer to my original question.-> -> > >Here's a trivia question for you: How many _different_ internet hosts have >downloaded a copy of crafty source or a crafty executable? This does not >include book downloads or EGTB downloads. How many would you guess? I'll >delay giving you the current stat. But start your guessing at 6 digits. >At least. > Thank you. Now what if you start selling your new version for a premium price, and declare 6 or 7 digit figure of sales! That would be the best answer you gave everyone around. Thanks. >And I am talking about direct anonymous ftp from _my_ web site where we log >every transfer. Gambitsoft and others are not counted. > > > >> >>When I hear people want to know about freeware chess, it is cause they do not >>have enough money to buy a commercial product. And they want the strongest >>Freeware they can get their hands on. > > >The freeware programs can, I'll bet, beat you easily. Because they can beat >me. So 'strongest' is meaningless unless you use one to play on a chess server, >which is not so common for commercial programs (no auto interface except for >the CSTal two-computer lash-up). When you are splitting firewood, is an 8 pound >sledge heavy enough? Or will a 16 pounder help even more? After a while, more >pounds does _not_ equate to better splitting. > > > > > >> >>I take your point of good freeware, and those can take up a very large part of >>computer program usage by people in certain areas (like the internet). But they >>are also a very small percentage of the whole market. Which is the point I an >>trying to make. 3% good, 97% crap. > > >I think your numbers are way off. I think that commercial and freeware programs >have an _equal_ number of good examples and flops.
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