The development of Snowie stopped long before GNUBG grinded to a halt, and yet the people I meet now (online) tend to mention Snowie before GNUBG. Go figure.
On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 07:52, Timothy Y. Chow <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to be clear, when I talked about regaining ground, I was thinking > about "market share" and not speed or playing strength. Market share, of > course, is controlled by many factors, but if one product has active > development and another product does not, then the product with active > development should be in a much better position to increase market share. > > Tim > > On Thu, 3 Dec 2020, Joseph Heled wrote: > > > > My impression is that speed is a factor, but much more it is the XG+ (or > > ++), i.e. moves based on relatively short truncated rollouts. > > > > Of course, speed is what makes the truncated rollouts possible. > > > > It is a major feature to add, but that would cut a large part of the > > lead. > > > > -Joseph > > > > > > On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 03:06, Tony Lezard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tim Chow wrote: > > > > > But being free is always a plus, and now that Xavier seems to > > > have all but abandoned XG, there could be an opportunity for GNU > > > to regain ground, if there is the desire for that. > > > > Xavier is working on XG 3. Expect a release next year. > > > > Tony
