From: David Beattie <daveb <at> PHYSCHEM <dot> OX <dot> AC <dot> UK>
Date: 6 aug 1998
Subject: Software and servers

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to ask a few questions and raise a few points.  First of
all, I spotted a web-site that might interest people.  Oxford Softworks
(http://www.oxford-softworks.com) are about to release a shogi program.
They have details about it on their web-site (note - I have absolutley no
connection with the company - I just thought I'd share the results of my
web surfing with the people on the shogi list).  The reason I bring this
up is that I was wondering what kind of demand there is for a shogi server
client program.  I know that one of the go servers also handles shogi but
as far as I am aware there are no nice client programs for it (unlike the
multitude of go client programs).  I was going to e-mail Oxford Softworks
and propose that they also include a client program with their package.
As no-one seems about to produce a client program for free I thought that
if a company had an incentive (ie. including a client program with their
normal program might boost sales) that they might just put one out.
Anyway, I thought I'd raise the issue here - you never know, if people
keep suggesting it to them they might take it on board.

Regards,
David

Dr. David Beattie

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
University of Oxford
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Oxford
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Tel: 01865 275488 or 01865 275468
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