ZX-News #48 09 июня 1999

Игры

Interview - Mirror - whether the project is successful?

                Interviews



   -= "Mirror": whether the project is successful? =

  Large commercial projects were
Only V. Mednonogovym in St. Petersburg and
STEP group in Moscow. Other authors of the
other cities on similar did not dare -
conditions are not the ones than in the center is harder to 
implement their programs with considerable profit. For this 
reason, large-scale projects remain a priority of the 
above-mentioned cities. But here, the Donetsk group ArtWork, 
with KGS, undertook the implementation of this plan - the 
commercial distribution of the global interface adventyury: 
"Mirror". In spektrumistov game, as would be

expected to become immensely popular.
However, whether the authors have received well-deserved
reward for their hard work?
Does this mean that any software maker,
regardless of place of residence when
competent distribution can get
profit for their program?


  To answer these questions, we
asked the manager of the "Mirror", Tim'u
Kelly.

ZXN: What do you think, if the project succeeds in
Overall, apart from the economic crisis on August 17?

Tim Kelly: With the exception of the crisis ... Uniquely 
successful, even though my mistakes as Manager - Sea ... Well - 
we learn from our mistakes. 

ZXN: How many were sold the copyright
copies of "Mirrors"?

Tim Kelly: About a hundred, traders prefer
distributions.

ZXN: Were there any problems like
non-receipt of payment, missing floppy?

Tim Kelly: We are still, for example, waiting
money for the two distributions from the XL-Design ...
And Welcome something silent on the sales copy. : (But I still 
hope that such well-known people have not decided deceive us, 
apparently, they have temporary difficulties ... I hope that 
they will contact us. 

ZXN: What have we not asked? :)

Tim Kelly: About that, when released frivarnaya
version ... :) In August, ie, one year later
after the commercial. By this time
must sell all author's copies,
available in the hands of traders, and distributions are 
clearly pays off. We do not want anyone harm, but in the end,

the user must normally obtain a working version instead of the 
hacker's craft! 

ZXN: And this, incidentally, needs to take account of
all the authors - after a certain period
extend unsecured version. Such
action will serve as a good advertisement for lyrics.
project.

Tim Kelly: I hope I have responded to me question? Always a 
pleasure communicate with you.


ZXN: Yes, thank you for this interview! =)


  Well, now we see that money
money on the Spectrum can be any author -
Of course, with proper distribution. A
how to implement it - the reader in one of
the following numbers ZX-News.


             Until next time!


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