Author: Reinhard Scharnagl
Date: 07:22:54 07/20/05
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On July 18, 2005 at 23:22:59, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 18, 2005 at 13:31:01, Steve Glanzfeld wrote: > >>On July 18, 2005 at 13:15:04, Matthias Gemuh wrote: >> >>>Nagless standard GUIs set standards. >> >>Nagless? AFAIK Shredder Classic is neither freeware nor shareware, and the test >>version has limitations. For the complete version, you have to buy it. Having to >>pay is the biggest nag no? :) >> >>When Shredder has the power to set standards (and I don't doubt it has), it is >>for no other reason than having been computerchess world champion a couple of >>times. Because of this great achievements and the quality of his software, SMK >>is a scene VIP and that provides some standarisation power, but not because the >>GUI is nagless or whatever.. >> >>If that would be true, Arena would set standards, not Shredder. Arena is >>available free and unlimited. > >If SMK has published the inteface specification, then anyone can write an >interface for it. > >NAG and NONAG are implementation details. The problem is, that it has been neither polite nor helpful to enter an existing Chess960 scene by publishing an incompatible new FEN extension, instead of making use from information he had got at hands in time, or to accept compro- mising proposals made before finally publishing new Shredder for FRC. Reinhard.
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