(a) Much software downloadable from the internet is legal (think gGo, GnuGo, linux, etc), therefore downloading it from the internet is not necessarily piracy.
(b) Most of the sums of money I've seen for competitions are trivial (except the Ing Prize). This might easily change if/when computer go programs reach high dan level. (c) There is a large market for Go equipment. I've been told that go sets are Nintendo's #1 selling product line. I've never bought go equipment in asia, but the market seems huge. (d) If I woke up tomorrow with a winning go program, I'd be tempted to market it as a service. There certainly seems to be a large market for go services in asia. If you have what you think is a winning computer-go program, I suggest you invest in a business plan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_plan) sooner rather than later. cheers On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Michael Gherrity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have read that the amount of money that a winning computer go program > would make in a go tournament is insignificant compared to the amount of > money that such a program would earn selling to the general public. I have > also read that the biggest pirates of computer software come from Germany, > the UK, and the US. The foreign exchange student we are hosting from Beijing > China said that most people in China do not buy software, but download it > for free off the net. > > So what is true? > > mike > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
