Author: Madhavan
Date: 02:02:50 07/06/05
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On July 06, 2005 at 04:03:29, Vikrant Malvankar wrote: >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. exactly. >Bt really i also failed to understand what he meantshis view. see all my posts in this thread.why engine plus GUI gets more profit than an engine alone.thats it.
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