Author: Dragos Gabudeanu
Date: 16:49:57 09/29/00
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On September 29, 2000 at 18:44:13, Pete Galati wrote: >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 For Linux I'd buy the Xboard engine of Chess Tiger in a heartbeat. Dragos
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