Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 12:43:48 02/16/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 15:00:53, Ingo Bauer wrote:
>>The co-author of the UCI standard doesn't use the "own book" option for his
>>engine/book. Even Gandalf has this option. I will guarantee if Hiarcs becomes
>>available as UCI, it will support this.
>
>IIRC: In the beginning UCI was designed as "stateless", which means that the
>engine does not know anything about the game itself. Because many programmers
>demanded the possibility to use their own book the "own book" feature was
>implemented (as the "usinewgame" feature was implemented shortly).
>
>>It is almost a proprietary move to force people to use your interface, yet in
>>the same regard it isn't because you allow the engine to be used elsewhere, but
>>the book is locked.
>
>In the meantime we now that you do not like the decision but your reasoning is a
>bit odd to me. With the same argument you could deny to buy any Chessbase engine
>because the book is completly handled by the the CB-GUI AND the Engines are not
>able to run somewhere else. It seems Chessbase is "forcing" you to their
>interface even more. Will you argue against their decisions with the same effort
>OR will you buy S9 from Shredderchess if Stefan is offering you a S9 version
>that is able only to run in the Classic interface? I doubt that this question
>needs an answer!
>
>I think i have said all I can in this matter!
>
>Bye
>Ingo Bauer
I very much prefer to have an engine being able to
run under almost all interfaces with a good book
for its own GUI only instead of a Shredder CB native
only running under ChessBase. Therefore, my decision
was clear. BTW: The Shredder Classic GUI is superb.
Kurt
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