On Sep 10, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
Note that computer-go has one big advantage over computer-chess; because there is little sales possible to achieve, there is little money at stake, that gives the advantage that the programmers at least communicate with each other in a forum like this and at tournaments. In computerchess it is very difficult to find talkative persons.
I'm not sure this statement is true. It has been estimated that the overall market for the amateur level Go programs has been around 5-10 million dollars. I imagine that this market will only expand as the programs become stronger, China enters the software marketplace, and Go becomes more popular worldwide. What would you estimate the worldwide chess program market to be?
I agree that the Go community is refreshingly open about their techniques. Even commercial authors like Bruce Wilcox and David Fotland wrote extensively about their programs' internals. In chess, the authors have their trade secrets which they keep as long as they can make sales.
The one blight on the computer Go community was the North Korean KCC Igo plagiarism scandal.
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