Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 14:48:15 09/29/00
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On September 29, 2000 at 17:13:30, ERIQ wrote:
>I for one would like to see either chess tiger II, rebel 11, or junior 6 for
>linux or at least a good reason not to make a port like that as the unix
>community seems to be growing and I think for the most part like chess. :)
I think I could port the Chess Tiger engine to Linux in less than a week, as it
is entirely written in C. I use the GCC compiler everyday to work under DOS
(actually the DJGPP), so compiling to Linux would only involve system-specific
issues, probably no compiler specific issues.
The Tiger engine has been recently ported to another system running a different
processor family than the x86, so I guess I have solved most of the portability
issues by now.
The only problems I see are commercial ones. Are there enough people ready to
pay for Linux software? Is the system going to be improved and more user
friendly? Are there good copy-protection schemes for Linux?
When we get a positive answer to all these questions, then we will certainly go
for Linux.
I know the system is evolving quickly, and a lot of energies are now focused on
it. I hope Linux will offer a serious alternative to Windows in the near future.
Wait and see...
Christophe
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