Author: Wayde Beasley
Date: 10:19:30 12/31/00
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On December 31, 2000 at 11:45:19, Pete Galati wrote: >On December 31, 2000 at 11:05:36, Wayde Beasley wrote: > >>On December 30, 2000 at 20:11:35, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>Start learning the C programming language >> >>I see I'm in the wrong place -- see ya. > >Look at it this way Wayde, you want a zillion things added to Winboard, but it's >just the wrong program to do that to, and most of us wouldn't like Winboard >anymore if it could do a zillion extra things because it would turn into >bloatware. > >BUT..., you can download the source code for Winboard, which is programmed in >"C", and if you have some background in C, then you can start making yourself a >custom version, but you may be getting ahead of yourself, because you're >anxiouslly waiting for Fritz to arrive, (takes about 2 days if you order >directly from Chessbaseusa), and that's just a real nice interface the way it >is. I have only a minor complaint or 2 about it. But the way it sits, it might >be allready what you want, and not a seriously butchered Winboard. > >But if you're going to assume that you're in the wrong place just because of a >post that _I_ made, then maybe you ARE in the wrong place. > >Pete Maybe I'm not in the wrong place; maybe you're in the wrong place :) Well, point is NOT whether I'll be satisfied with Fritz or not. That is irrelevant. I want to hire a freelance programmer to build a better open source frontend to winboard engines w/ features I want. If you think that's silly, I could care less. It's my money. Fritz ain't open source. And from the opinion of someone else here, I wouldn't have to feel guilty about cutting into Chessbase's profits by spurring the development of an open source frontend that replaces that winboard piece of shit. Point of my inquiry here is simply to find the RIGHT GUY to do it for MONEY. And also get an idea about what amount MONEY it would take. Get it? I don't even care about linux vs. windows, really -- just as long as it's open source. I'm already talking to a guy where I live who would be willing to do it. He seems to want $1,000 to create a full-fledged multiboard frontend to winboard engines and says he can do it in 30 days - in either VB or Delphi, though. That price to me seems a bit high. But then I am not surprised either. Based on what he is saying, I am actually drawing up a plan and list of the menus and features I want. We'll see what he says then.
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