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Subject: Re: Which top chess program could easily migrate to Linux ??

Author: Daniel Clausen

Date: 05:40:47 11/12/02

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On November 12, 2002 at 08:09:18, Steve Coladonato wrote:

>On November 11, 2002 at 12:52:48, Ricardo R Santana wrote:
>
>>Hello All
>>
>>Which program could easily migrate to Linux ? I mean , not considering all
>>support or other points. I believe Schredder  (because its written in C), Diep
>>(am I right Vicent ??), Tiger (thanks Sargon for information...)... what about
>>Hiarcs, Fritz, Rebel, ... ???
>>
>>Thanks
>>Ricardo Sant Ana
>
>Hi Ricardo,
>
>I have asked the same question.  And Chess Assistant turns out to be one of
>them.  Easily?  Not positive.  But it was written with Borland's Delphi, and
>Kylix is the environment for Linux.  I have asked CA a few times if they are
>going to come out with a Linux version but it seems to always come down to
>demand.

And how do they measure the demand? By counting the number of email-requests
from Linux-users they get? That's not really a good measure. I'm pretty sure
they didn't start with the Windows-version out of nothing, until they got enough
mails saying "hey, what about Chess Assistant for Windows"? On the other hand, I
really don't know how to measure a demand for a certain product accurately.

Sargon

PS. Who would buy _any_ commercial chess software for Linux, but doesn't send
them an email saying so every 5 minutes.



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