Author: Ricardo R Santana
Date: 09:48:07 11/11/02
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Hello I did not think about all this, but it seems you are right !!! Thanks for the simple explanation, but I should tell one more thing: I WOULDNT MIND PAYING FOR A GOOD CHESS PROGRAM FOR LINUX TOO !! BTW, I believe that a Tiger (or other) chess program running in a machine with Linux is stronger than the same Tiger running in a machine with Windows...so, people seems to worry about how strong a program is, but did they think its not only a hardware problem, but a operational system (I mean windows) problem too ?? thanks Ricardo Sant Ana > >The professional programmers seem to think that the Linux-market is too small. >Please note that if a company releases a product for a certain platform, you >need more than just recompile the stuff. You also need a support department >which can answer problems related to this platform, therefore you need trained >people for that. > >Also, a professional would most likely have to write a GUI for it from scratch., >if he/she intends to reach a wide audience. While it's ok for a geek to run the >engine under xboard (or another xboard-compatible interface) the normal user >won't do that. (even though the average Linux-user is probably more 'geeky' than >a non-Linux user) > >Then there are some engines, which are coded in a non-portable language (like >Fritz, I believe) which would make porting much more difficult. (but then, it's >their fault ;) > >But there is light at the end of the tunnel! (someone please tell me it's not a >train =) Christophe plans to release Tiger15 for Linux somewhere next year! >(most likely as an xboard-compatible engine) He even plans to release it for >free! (although I wouldn't mind to pay for that - I even hope that's possible, >since I *want* to support good software) > >Sargon
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