Author: Robert Pawlak
Date: 11:10:01 10/11/99
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On October 11, 1999 at 13:29:51, Frank Schneider wrote: >On October 11, 1999 at 06:16:18, leonid wrote: > >>Hi! >> >>My question to you is what system is the most promissing for the future, Windows >>or Linux? >> >>Must rewrite my game for Windows or Linux and still not sure what will be the >>best. I hate Windows secrecy and impossibility to write directly for Windows if >>you use Assembler. All writing must start with expensive SDK (Software >>Development Kit). With Linux everything is open and free. But final question is, >>how promissing is Linux to overthrow Mindows medieval obscuratism in the nearest >>future? What is your feeling about this? >> >If your game is a chessprogram and you want to sell it you should rewrite it for >Linux, because there are already many chessprograms for windows, but not for >Linux. >If you only rewrite the engine you could make it portable to both Windows and >Linux, if you rewrite a GUI you can use Java (;-) or a portable classlib >like Qt. The people I know that are doing cross-platform development use Qt and cygnus products. Disclaimer - I am not one of these people :-) As far as popularity goes, I think if you write for linux, then you will be restricting the audience significantly for your product. That being said, any chess program with a decent engine and some database features will have a captive market. The only real alternative at this moment is Xboard, which does have some limitations. Personally, I would like to see a good linux chess program, somewhat along the likes of Fritz, but I am probably in the minority right now. When win2k comes out, expect to see the FUD poured out of Microshaft at an incredible rate. Since MS has a heavy influence on some of the computer magazines, you can expect to see at least a few comparisons that cast doubt on the viability of Linux. Regardless of the merits of the OS, bad press can really keep people away. Bottom line - my uneducated opinion is to hedge your bets and stay platform independent as long as possible. Frank made a good suggestion regarding Qt... Bob P > >Frank >>Leonid.
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