From: darius@starbird.WPI.EDU (Christopher J Scanlon)
Subject: Re: **** TOP 10 LPMUDs ****
Summary: MudOS a ripoff?  Can you say more BS than Fester's castle?
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:13:03 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.180328.18501@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> chena@crs.cl.msu.edu (Antony Chen) writes:
>anipa@cs.tut.fi (Niilo Neuvo) writes:
>
>>Simply put:
>>	Basic (the programming language) is called Basic no matter who
>>	wrote the interpreter/compiler as long as the language it 'speaks'
>>	is even remotely close to Basic.
>
>>MudOS is a ripoff created by TMI to get them some fame (personal opinion).
>
MudOS I think is the future that LPmuds should have taken, (personal opinion)
When I thought of Genesis, I always thought of them as the people who were
really directing how LPMuds would mature, but after looking at both mudlibs
as a wizard, I think the people at TMI are doing a GREAT job.  Note that 
you see more MudOS systems than Genesis mudlibs, or at least I have.  Ok,
I know Genesis is still testing however, but the people at TMI I believe
are NOT doing this to "get them some fame" but to make the best playing
environment possible.  (Ok, so I'm a little biased because I know Forlock 
who's been doing work on it too)

>If you're really interested in knowing, you should sign on and meet the people
>who are responsible for TMI and MudOS.  You'll notice people who are devoted
>to the idea of FUN.  They wanna make the driver as efficient and as usable
>as possible so that people can pretty much do what they want.
Here here, and i think they're doing a better job at this than anyone
else.  ]Breaking sentence[
> The old LPmud
>driver by Lars, 3.1.2, was chock full of bugs and a lot of strange function
>calls, but TMI cleaned all that up.  So, you are ripping on people that you
>probably have never met and it seems that you also don't approve of change
>if it is done by anyone else besides the creator.  In essence, I could write
>the most powerful language in the world based on C and you wouldn't accept
>in because I was not the original implementor?  
>
>MudOS is NOT an attempt to gain fame.  And it cannot be considered a ripoff
>since TMI freely accepts the notion that their inspiration was Lars Penji,
>in fact, I'd say they embrace the idea that it is an LPmud more than anything
>else.
Hrmmm... but it's not a LPMud anymore, it is a MudOpSystem.  I think Lars
has to have been the inspiration for the new wave of Muds, but that TMI
is going in a totally different direction than Genesis and Lars are.  Both
have their fans and people who hate what they're doing.  I just happen to
like what I've heard from TMI a bit more than Genesis.

>
>(geez, look what happens when someone out there goes and tries to do
> something' nice..people get mad...sheesh)
Always that way, RL or VR I guess :)
>
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Christopher Scanlon : darius@wpi.wpi.edu : Darius @ Aegolous Acadicus
Daroki @ Paradox, Valhalla, Ancient Anguish, PhoenixMUD, and Demon World.