I think being fond of programming and solving problems is a necessary, but
not sufficient, condition. There are so many interesting problems in the
world to solve, why would anyone spend so much of their limited time
creating something as intricate as Scid if they didn't have a special
interest in Chess?
I could be wrong, but I'd be surprised :) Most volunteer contributors large
open-source projects are heavy users of their own programs.
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:10 PM, M Winther <m...@swipnet.se> wrote:
> ----- 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
>
>
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