Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 05:45:16 04/29/04
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On April 29, 2004 at 02:41:30, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >On April 28, 2004 at 16:45:55, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On April 28, 2004 at 14:30:13, Chris Taylor wrote: >> >>>The latest and greatest did really well, in the last computer contest. So, will >>>a Windows version (XP or lesser) be made ready for buying? >> >>I currently do not sell diep. So it is not commercial. Selling winboard versions >>would be like getting paid 1 euro an hour, so it is not worth the effort. There >>are however plans to release a diep version for windows + interface end of 2004. >> >>This time i would only sell a few versions of diep when there is a clear update >>system online for it. So that everything works transparant. Such systems are not >>there yet. >> >>So if released diep will run in its own interface, the engine cannot be loaded >>in others of course (like fritz cannot get either). If i would do that i would >>be busy fulltime now avoiding all tricks to win from opponents in other ways >>than sportive ones. In that respect the computer chess world is so so sick, >>thanks to a few companies and 'testers' who tolerated for payment everything, >>that i will not even start a discussion about it. >> > >Reading this it seems like playing comp-comp games are a main thing. I can't >imagine you could get more that one or two days salary from this. >If a 'normal' user should buy the engine/gui you need an interface that nice >enough plus ability to scale down the strength so they can beat it sometimes. At >the full strength it is only needed as an analysis tool. I'm sure since you are >a chessplayer that you use some kind of database tool to analyze your own game. >To be able to plug the engine into such a database tool it is important that >this possibility exists. No matter how much analysis feature you add to your >gui, people will still use CA etc. for their analysis job. An engine is only a >secondary input for hints of moves. The main input will always be your own >imagination plus games and books. > >Rebel - Run nice in DB tolls >Gandalf - Run nice in DB tools (*) >Shredder - Run nice in DB tools >ChessMaster - Run with some trouble in DB tools (collecting of obk after each >reboot) >Sjeng - Run nice in DB tools (*) > >*) Not tested by me > >Some other engines can be run in spesific DB-tools like Fritz, Junior, and >Tiger(2). > >So without a very good gui for playing (like Chessmaster) you will be put down >to the bottom of the list for any serious player too when their go on shoping >for a new Chessprogram. > >With WB/Uci support you add both CC people and DB users to the list of potential >buyers. > >Of course the main thing for selling Chessprogram is to advertice it and make it >easy available. > >Odd Gunnar Please expain to me how you plan to load Fritz under CA.
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