Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 13:28:31 11/12/02
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On November 12, 2002 at 10:26:59, Steve Coladonato wrote: >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. And we're at the chicken-and-egg problem. Why should the statistics on the number of a certain OS go up when no-one produces software for it? >I don't understand the PS above, but I don't equate "Free" with "Linux" >except for the operating system itself. My fault. Initially it was not a PS, but should read 'Sargon, who would buy....' I don't know why I made a PS out of that. I probably wanted to write something different there. :) >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. Agreed. Sargon (who waits for the first commercial chess engine author under Linux, who wants Sargon's money - it's waiting to be thrown at you :)
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