----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Petrescu" <apetr...@gmail.com> To: <m...@swipnet.se> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 7:04 AM Subject: Re: [Scid-users] A database for Xiangqi?
> Probably because the current effort is being made by chess fans, for > the > love of chess. If they don't care about Xiangqi, arguments about > market > share and usefulness won't feel very convincing. > > I think your proposal is a good one, I just don't think Scid users > are the > right market for it. Being a chess player may have a *slight* > correlation > with being a Xiangqi player, but not much of one. Being Chinese is > probably > a much stronger indicator. I would suggest going to some Chinese > developer > forums and pitching the idea there -- if there really are no > existing > solutions, like you say, then it should be easy to get people > excited. > > Cheers, > Adrian > > Thu Dec 16 2010 22:01:51 GMT-0800 (PST) <m...@swipnet.se>: > Original Message From: "Steven" <stevena...@yahoo.com> To: "M > Winther ... > I think that many people who develop chess programs do it because they are fond of programming and solving problems, and like to be helpful. I don't think it depends so much on their chess interest. Mats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
