Author: Robert Ericsson
Date: 01:44:51 06/10/99
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On June 09, 1999 at 17:10:16, Tim Mirabile wrote: >On June 09, 1999 at 10:50:30, Robert Ericsson wrote: > >>My only point I tried to make is that many thinks that Fritz is so much >>better than DOS programs because Fritz is 'a windows program'. And that >>is just slightly true as Fritz is no _real_ windows program itself... ;-) > >This misses the point. Can you print from DOS chess programs? Text only or not >at all for some, right? Because each program would have to have drivers to >support each and every different kind of printer. Windows takes care of this. >Can you use different screen resolutions in DOS chess programs? Same thing. >Fritz also has a Windows help file, with all of the Windows help features. >Compare to similar help files in DOS programs. Could all of these things be >duplicated in a DOS environment? Sure, if you want to leave the author no time >to work on the engine. Sorry Tim, it's you who misses the point ;-) Sure Fritz can do all the things that you describe, but it's still not a _true_ windows application. Bottom line: we all chose the chess program that best benefits our own purposes. I haven't yet decided what my purpose is so I keep on bying them all :-) Friendly, Robert
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