Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 01:50:25 07/22/01
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On July 21, 2001 at 22:32:38, Pete Galati wrote: >On July 21, 2001 at 16:07:54, Adam Oellermann wrote: > >> >>>Who was that guy who showed up out of nowhere a while ago and made a big deal >>>about how he was going to come out with a vastly improved interface to replace >>>Winboard with? And he stuck around for a while, and then for some reason the >>>guy wanted to have his CCC account deleted all of a sudden, and he vanished, and >>>for all I know so did is project. >>> >>>So this all has a very familiar ring to it. >>> >>>Pete >> >>Hi there, >> >>I thought I had made my perspective clear, but let me see if I can make it a bit >>simpler. >>- I don't think WinBoard sucks. It is, in fact, my favourite interface - I use >>it to play chess on FICS myself >>- As I previously stated, I am using the Timeseal .EXE from WinBoard. I am >>therefore seeking to add to WinBoard's foundations, admittedly in a rather >>humble fashion. >>- I am not working on a vastly improved interface to replace WinBoard with. As I >>stated earlier, I am working on some code to glue my WB-compatible engine to >>FICS. >>- My reasoning is to provide *myself* with a tool that I can mess around with, >>and modify completely at my discretion >>- As I feel indebted to others who have shared the fruits of their work (people >>such as Tim Mann, for instance), I hoped that others may find what I've done >>useful and offered to share it and the code with anyone who's interested. >> >>Now, I don't see anything in this lot which would seem to invite this sort of >>flame. Please feel free not to use it if you don't want to :-) >> >>Finally, let me reiterate that what I have at the moment is very limited in >>terms of functionality - certainly not what you would call a replacement for >>WinBoard. However, my chess engine, Blikskottel, has played several games on >>FICS now using the engine, and so I thought the time was right to share what I >>have done. >> >>I hope this clears things up. I will make the code available from my web site >>later this weekend, for those who are interested in hearing a new idea out >>before flaming the originator to ashes. >> >>Adam > >Just noting some similarities in the 2 situations, not flaming you. If you >thought THAT was flaming, my appologies, try not to be so tender. > >I'll ignore this and let you discuss this with the others, and you can talk >about how bad I've been to you. > >Pete Oh pete, you sound hurt and wounded can you get up? :-) try not to be so tender. Regards Jonas
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