Author: Uri Blass
Date: 02:42:55 09/06/05
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On September 06, 2005 at 05:20:40, Robert Hollay wrote: >On September 06, 2005 at 04:22:55, Uri Blass wrote: > >> >>I understood that he only criticized the reason that people give not to buy >>zappa(not supporting UCI) >> >>This is not the reason if the same people buy Fritz or Junior that do not >>support UCI. >> > > It _could be_ the reason. >Those people who bought Fritz and/or Junior had also bought a GUI which >supports these engines (Chessbase...). So they are used to this GUI, are >familiar with this GUI, maybe they are too old to start to live with a >new GUI with all it's twists and bugs. All programs have bugs, the new >GUI for Zappa will not be an exception... > Likewise it's hard to persuade Windows-people to switch to Linux, and >vice versa. > So, a new engine without UCI (or WB at least) will not be attracting for them. > > Robert Yes but the reason is simply that it does not run under chessbase and not that it does not support UCI. Uri
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