Author: Aloisio Ponti Lopes
Date: 12:23:06 08/21/99
I'm posting again. Would like to have some answers... ----------------------------------------------------- I heard that AMD-K7 (Athlon) is already in the market at the USA (Cybermax or Gateway, I don't remember), clocks are 500-550-600-650 MHz, but I don't know if it works well with Linux (ready-made machines come with Win98...). My choice would be an AMD-K7 650 MHz with Linux... The main question, though, was about Chess software. We need a good OS, good memory management, if available good SMP;yes; but what for if programmers don't port their programs to another OS? We chess players don't have a choice now! Is there a good, reliable Chess Database for Linux/Unix ? No! How many chess programs work with Linux? I do not agree with the idea of partitioning my hard disk just to let pure trash live side-by-side with my Unix OS. Is it really difficult to port those programs (I don't believe that, but I'm not a programmer), or is it a question of sales/marketing? Well, I can't believe in that, because many companies are selling Linux programs, just to mention a few: Oracle, Informix, IBM (really surprising...)... A. Ponti
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