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Subject: Re: Deep Sjeng Linux version

Author: Kunnar Klauks

Date: 07:03:23 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.

I dont believe they ever do that.

>You can't seriously expect us to use xboard, which is a really
>crappy interface.

First, i dont agree, xboard is very good interface.
Second, i have not used Deep Sjeng Linux version, but i assume you can use it
with other interfaces like scid, eboard and knights because xboard protocol is
standard.

>
>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.

Better could be, if they sell Deep Sjeng engine Linux version without interface
and with lower price, although personally im not gonna buy this neither. Crafty
is good enough.

Kunnar



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