<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Ubiquity Scope & Requirements --> <!--X-From-R13: Hnqvz Fxnpuraxb <igNserrubyq.pebpbqvyr.bet> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 19:51:22 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 35A18D05.9BFD17DF#freehold,crocodile.org --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 000301bda84f$9b4c6600$15b8989e@uni-corn --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Ubiquity Scope & Requirements</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00055.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00057.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00048.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00043.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00056">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00056">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00056">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Ubiquity Scope & Requirements</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Ubiquity Scope & Requirements</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Vadim Tkachenko <<A HREF="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 21:50:45 -0500</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Greg Munt wrote: > [skipped a lot] > IT PROVIDES VARIOUS SERVICES TO ITS USERS > In order to determine what functionality it is that Ubiquity > should provide, the Internet facilities that are currently > available need to be looked at - those that satisfy Socialiser > goals. The reason for this, is that only a small minority of > people will use something completely different to that which > they are used to (this can be clearly seen by the dominance > of TinyMUD, LPMUD and DIKUMUD throughout the mud world); people > tend to stick with what they know, even if a newer product is > much better. These services are as follows: > Email > Newsgroups > Internet-Relayed Chat (IRC) > Information Repositories > Games Can you please elaborate, are you going to just provide the mail access to the players like a Hotmail virtual account and just have a dedicated news server with access restricted to the users, or you're going to embed those services in the MUD core? -- Still alive and smile stays on, Vadim Tkachenko <vt#freehold,crocodile.org> -- UNIX _is_ user friendly, he's just very picky about who his friends are </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00048" HREF="msg00048.html">[MUD-Dev] Ubiquity Scope & Requirements</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Greg Munt" <greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00055.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: You think users won't number crunch and statistise your MUD?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00057.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ubiquity Scope & Requirements</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00048.html">[MUD-Dev] Ubiquity Scope & Requirements</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00043.html">[MUD-Dev] Meta (Are code release announcement appreciated?)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00056"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00056"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wired Magazine...)</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00451" HREF="msg00451.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wired Magazine...)</A></strong>, Robert Woods <a href="mailto:rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu">rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu</a>, Sun 02 Aug 1998, 01:11 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00453" HREF="msg00453.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wired</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sun 02 Aug 1998, 05:37 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00050" HREF="msg00050.html">[MUD-Dev] IMatix Tools: Libero and SMT</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 06 Jul 1998, 20:39 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00048" HREF="msg00048.html">[MUD-Dev] Ubiquity Scope & Requirements</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sun 05 Jul 1998, 19:54 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00056" HREF="msg00056.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ubiquity Scope & Requirements</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Tue 07 Jul 1998, 02:51 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00043" HREF="msg00043.html">[MUD-Dev] Meta (Are code release announcement appreciated?)</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Fri 03 Jul 1998, 02:13 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00044" HREF="msg00044.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Meta (Are code release announcement appreciated?)</A></strong>, Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 03 Jul 1998, 02:20 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00045" HREF="msg00045.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Meta (Are code release announcement appreciated?)</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Fri 03 Jul 1998, 05:44 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00042" HREF="msg00042.html">[MUD-Dev] [RELEASED] Update release of ScryMUD (Accepting builders)</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Fri 03 Jul 1998, 02:11 GMT </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>