Author: Helge Gabert
Date: 07:52:16 11/01/98
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On November 01, 1998 at 09:51:00, Rajen Gupta wrote: >more and more programmers are now shifting their allegience to chessbase and >producing chessbase compatible engines-Fritz, Junior,Nimzo,Hiarsc, crafty, >Comet, Exchess etc. a lot of people think that this is not a good thing but I >think that this is a wonderful development for consumers- a uniform GUI in 32 >bit win NT compatible form; Learn once, learnt for all; huge amount of excellent >features; engine vs engine matches can be played in the comfort of your home on >a single computer. Minimum amount of bugs; no more DOS problems, huge savings in >purchase of new programmes etc. > >for the programmers also a lot of benefit as evey one will be writing for and >therefore will be supported by chessbase marketing muscle; they can now >concentrate on producing the strongest possible engine and not bother about >other factors like GUI, features etc. New or financially deficient or part time >programmers can now have a good chance of releasing commercial versions of their >engines > >What do people think/ > >Rajen gupta I see your point. Overall, though, I prefer VARIETY. If all chess programs have the same interface, wouldn't that be boring? Thank goodness for mavericks like Mchess, Rebel, and Chess System Tal!!! Helge
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