Author: James Swafford
Date: 09:10:03 02/16/01
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On February 16, 2001 at 08:08:38, Steve Coladonato wrote: >Does anyone have a feel for when, or if, any of the commercial programs will be >ported to Linux? I use Chess Assistant mostly and it would be fantastic if it >was ported. Right now, xboard and its associated engines, are pretty much it. >Although, I must say that Shane Hudson's SCID is pretty slick and that runs >under Linux. > >I know that ChessMaster probably would be a tough port because of ActiveX, but I >would think that possibly Shredder and Fritz would be "fairly easy" :) to port. > >Steve I doubt you will see commercial products ported to or developed under Linux any time soon. :-/ The computer chess market is small enough - how big is the "computer chess for linux" market? Then factor in this: most Linux / Unix users don't pay for software. Nearly everything is under the domain of OSS and free. I'll have to check out SCID. -- James
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