Author: pavel
Date: 10:41:57 09/30/00
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On September 30, 2000 at 01:28:34, Pete Galati wrote: >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 not to mention... does anyone buy it?? Pavel
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