Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:55:25 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 16:46:46, Angrim wrote: [snip] >I would expect that he meant "why are there no commercial CHESS programs for >linux" >I would guess that the competition from crafty is just too much. >This is less of a problem in windows, because the people who use >windows tend to believe that anything free is junk. Additional issues: Linux users are used to getting everything free, from the operating system to compilers to entire GIS systems. Why pay for something? Why pay for anything? Linus himself declares that it is immoral to sell software. Linux users are not afraid of applications like SCID or Xboard. PC users are (for the most part) techophobic. The people here are an exception, so don't chime in about how you compile chess programs from scratch. Grandma (for the most part) won't be doing that.
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