Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:05:45 11/30/99
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On November 30, 1999 at 13:45:27, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: [snip] > Very little. Minimal influence. Not only for chess games, but also for software >in general. Technical advantages it might have over Windows do not matter, as >Bill Gates is the best businessman in the world and he can easily turn things in >favor of Windows. I think as a Web server Linux is probably the best business choice. Look at the cost of a 5000 user license for NT or any other commercial OS and you will immediately see the incredible cost effectiveness of a Linux solution. Business owners do fall victom to advertizing campaigns. However, when it comes to dollars and sense, they see the bottom line very well too. I would be astonished if Linux ever became the dominant desktop (but I said the same thing about Microsoft's DOS -- I thought UNIX would destroy MS-DOS [one reason why I did not bother with the original MS stock offer when I got the mail for it -- sigh.]). As far as chess goes, I think Linux will have a large and postive impact. There are many reasons for this. One of the chief reasons is that many universities have some kind of chess research from time to time. [Cilk, [IIRC]Knightcap, etc.] and these are often developed on a Linux operating system. Also, the presense of X-Board makes a nice interface available to anyone who writes a compatible engine. There are many chess engines that are available *only* in Linux and not in Win32. However, I will be surprised if chess programs become a *commercial* hit on Linux in the near future.
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