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Subject: Re: Programmers! It's time to port _ALL_ chess engines to LINUX ! (NT)

Author: Aloisio Ponti Lopes

Date: 20:42:32 08/15/01

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On August 15, 2001 at 05:30:11, Adam Oellermann wrote:

>Hmm. If it's that important to you, why not find an engine with Win32 source
>code, contact the author and port it yourself? Chess programming is a hobby for
>me (and many others, I expect), and Windows 2000 fits all my requirements for
>enjoying this hobby:
>
>- excellent development environment (Visual Studio)
>- brilliant compiler which seems to be unmatched by anything on the Linux
>platform (Visual C++)
>- Good support for integration with GUI tools and chess servers
>
>Given all this, why should I port my engine to Linux?

Easy: the main reason is Win Xp license agreement: this license agreement will
kill Windows. If you don't want to take part in the Linux spreading market,
that's your choice.

A. Ponti



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