Author: Pete Galati
Date: 22:28:34 09/29/00
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On September 29, 2000 at 22:42:15, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >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 > >wrong, you can buy diep from me for xboard. it works perfect, >see how it runs like the sun under fics. As usual, I didn't check my facts. Are you using a Linux version of Diep in tournaments? > >but sure christophe won't get rich. i doubt he'll sell more as >a single copy. for sure he won't sell it to the 'pete' here. Oh, you mean me, or the several people here that stole my first name? Yeah, it's hard to say, Ed's company does a good job of marketing Chess programs, but you're not really set up for doing that yourself. Does anyone other than yourself sell Diep, such as ICD, or Gambitsoft? Pete
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