Author: Vikrant Malvankar
Date: 01:03:29 07/06/05
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On July 06, 2005 at 01:40:31, Robert Hollay wrote: >On July 05, 2005 at 08:41:25, Madhavan wrote: > >> >>Do you agree with the idea of releasing chess program that should come with its >>own GUI? >>so.is vincent planning to exactly do this?or also Bruce?may be. >> >> >>having more chess GUI's seems to be interesting,we have enough chess >>engines.what do you expect to have?many chess engine,some clones can be >>detected. >> >>I don't understand why anyone would reject this idea? > > > I've read your post twice, but I must admit that I don't understand >your argumentation entirely, maybe because of my English. > Still, I think that most people want to get used to one GUI, and want to play >chess in that GUI with as many engines as possible. > All GUI's have their own twists, bugs, and learning curve >(especially if you become older - I suppose :-)) >It can be very time consuming and frustrating to install them separately, >then learn all the features of each GUI ... > Do you play chess with your friends sometimes? Are you using different >chessboards playing each of them? > I very much appreciate the efforts of programmers who have their own GUI. >But if one wants to play chess with different engines then one standard GUI >is a far better solution. > As for clones, even if you write your own original GUI, you could clone >other engines in it. > >Robert I think he ie writing from the point of view of author and how they can generate revenue by selling their engine in isolation from other chess programs. Bt really i also failed to understand what he meantshis view.
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