Author: Steve Coladonato
Date: 07:26:59 11/12/02
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On November 12, 2002 at 08:40:47, Daniel Clausen wrote: >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. I don't know how they measure demand. Perhaps they rely on trade journals that give statistics on the number of OS's on servers, desktops, etc. I don't understand the PS above, but I don't equate "Free" with "Linux" except for the operating system itself. However, I do think that "Free" is holding people back. There is nothing that says all applications running on Linux must open up their source code. So I don't think commercial programs have anything to fear here. Steve
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