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Subject: Re: Commercial Programs & Linux ??

Author: Steve Coladonato

Date: 05:58:13 02/17/01

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On February 16, 2001 at 18:31:28, Tony Werten wrote:

>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
>
>Borland will release a Delphi compiler for linux ( called Kylix ) on march 1st (
>If I remember correctly ) . Ports of Delphi code from windows to linux should be
>quite easy. Don't know of any commercial delphi chessprogram, but there are some
>freewares.
>
>Tony

Tony,

That's very interesting.  I don't know what the Delphi environment is but I do
know that some of the commercial chess programs use it.

Steve



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