Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 07:01:56 09/10/03
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On September 10, 2003 at 09:30:37, Martin Andersen wrote: >Dear Chessbase. >No way am I going to pay full price for a chess >program where the Linux version is a "bonus" which >can be used together with xboard. >What you could do is to port the nice graphical interface >from Windows to Linux, then it's a very different matter. > >You can't seriously expect us to use xboard, which is a really >crappy interface. > > >From Chessbase's homepage: > >Linux version of engine > >As a bonus, the CD-ROM contains a linux version of the Deep Sjeng engine. This >version can be used with xboard. I agree with the sentiment, but would not lash out at xboard, which I think is a very useful interface and a fine 2-D board. Not being a Windows users, I have no idea how you connect Fritz et al to ICC, FICS, chess.net ..., my program, run a match between machines through a LAN etc. I would also not lash out at Deep Sjeng: at least you can run it on Linux! (Which I did not know. Interesting; and well done GCP.). Frank
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