Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 10:07:40 05/16/01
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On May 16, 2001 at 12:19:40, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On May 16, 2001 at 06:53:29, Frank Quisinsky wrote: > >>I think in 1 year we have 30-50 UCI engines >>because UCI is very interesting and free. > >How is UCI 'free'? Is there any free interface that supports it? The protocol is free. So GUI programmer can use the protocol and programmers the engine protocol. >>Have all programmers interest to make a Engine for Chess-Base ? > >If I can support ChessBase without much hassle I will, because >people ask for it. Still it is not native in any way, just a hack >to work with the brokenness of the Chessbase Winboard adapter. >You cannot make a native engine for Chessbase, as they do not >publish how to do it. This is the problem. I hope I understand your message correct. More interesting is that the protocol from Chess-Base is also free, like UCI and for sure WinBoard :-) >Personally I do not care for ChessBase support, but some users do, >and I try to help them. >>Have programmers interest to make a Engine for the free WinBoard concept ? >Sure. I do all I can to make my engine as useful as possible under >Winboard (which includes sending Tim dozens of bugreports :) This is fantastic ! >>Have programmers interest to see a little bit commercial contra ? > >Competition is good, a monopoly is not. >Having one standard is good, having five is not. RIGHT !!! >There's a difference there. > >>Have programmers interest to make a engine for a good GUI for users ? > >Yes. This is why I support WinBoard. It is the best GUI out there IMHO. Also right :-)) >>Have programmers interest to make in the next years only free versions, no >>market or a market from one firm ? > >Yes. Sjeng will stay free, or at least a free version will always be available. Also good ! >>We must make 5 new engine concepts for make a little bit commercial contra ? >>We must work all hand in hand ... > >Please god no. One protocol is enough. It's already bad enough that there >is this ChessBase thing (calling it Winboard compatible would be insulting >Tim) and this UCI thing. So I hope that we get not other protocols. Better GUI programmers make here programs more and better compatible to WinBoard and or use UCI ! >>And I mean we must work hand in hand with "Chess-Base ... the best ideas, the >>best products, the best software" > >HA HA HA This is that what other persons will read here :-)) But the ideas and the GUIs from Chess-Base are very good, also Chessmaster and other commercial products. >-- >GCP Best and good luck with your program ! Frank
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