On May 10, 5:16*pm, Morten Skarstad `whoami`@localhost wrote:

I don't think you're getting the point about CM, or any other commercial
chess product for that matter. First, CM is not made by one "creator",
but by a team of multiple programmers, where one is dedicated to the
engine alone, various designers, testers, not to mention no less than
five GMs giving tutorials and advice.

And even if I could sell the work of one man for five million dollars I
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Indeed. It takes money to make money.

If I remember correctly, the typical cost of the development and
marketing of one version of Chessmaster was around $750,000. That was
for CM8 and CM9, so the numbers might be bigger (or smaller) now --
but not by much.

jm