Author: Chessfun
Date: 14:33:10 11/21/03
Go up one level in this thread
On November 21, 2003 at 14:22:23, Russell Reagan wrote: >On November 21, 2003 at 14:14:14, Chessfun wrote: > >>I specifically refer to Ruffian and it becoming commercial. Without "Arena" it's >>hardly likely that Ruffian could become commercial as a simple winboard engine, >>and no interface of it's own. > >Sjeng did basically that. Maybe Gian-Carlo had to write some code to make it a >native ChessPartner engine instead of only a WB/UCI engine, but that is not much >work for someone who spent years writing an entire chess engine. It is a good enough comparison I guess. That amateur programs do become commercial is a fact of life, however in this case were it not for Arena it wouldn't be happening. That assumes the author had no other offers which naturally enough I'm not privy too. >Not many engines have an "interface of its own." All of the Chessbase engines >work in Fritz's interface, all of the Lokasoft engines work in ChessPartner, and >so on. All it takes for a strong WB/UCI engine is to get picked up by someone >with an interface. True enough, I guess either Lokasoft or Chessbase never made an offer or Frank has more persuasive powers. Sarah.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.