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Subject: Re: UCI versus Winboard

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 09:09:28 08/22/02

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On August 21, 2002 at 17:15:00, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On August 21, 2002 at 15:01:19, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On August 21, 2002 at 07:14:39, Russell Reagan wrote:
>>
>>>On August 21, 2002 at 07:07:12, Steve Maughan wrote:
>>>
>>>>>They have a long way to go to catch up with Winboard...
>>>>
>>>>Not sure what you mean by this - Winboard is a GUI and I was refering to the
>>>>engines.
>>>
>>>How many winboard engines are there? Like 200+? How many UCI engines are there?
>>>
>>>Russell
>>
>>
>>So the 2002 model automobiles are inferior because there are so few of them on
>>the road compared to the pre-2002 models?
>
>Winboard engines have been booming as of late. It's a trend. I just didn't see
>how "UCI is the future" when Winboard engines are being created left and right.
>I really see no comparison between cars and winboard engines here.
>
>Russell


The analogy is simple: one is so new that its numbers are obviously going to be
smaller.  Looking at absolute numbers in such a case is meaningless.

What is the *rate of growth* in the number of available UCI engines vs. Winboard
engines in the past 12 months?




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