Author: Pete Galati
Date: 15:44:13 09/29/00
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On September 29, 2000 at 17:48:15, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 If I were you (I'm not) I would consider approaching it like what was done with Gandalf for Winboard, only do a Chess Tiger for Xboard. You'd be the first kid on the block to offer a commercial Xboard engine (for whatever that's worth) Pete
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