<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNhaqre.rate.ftv.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:38:01 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199810212235.PAA09631#under,engr.sgi.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.SOL.3.96.981021220623.14749B-100000#licia,dtek.chalmers.se --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com"> </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="msg00321.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00323.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00317.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00330.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00322">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00322">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00322">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</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: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:35:11 -0700</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> On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 22:22:05 +0200 (MET DST) Niklas Elmqvist<d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Darrin Hyrup wrote: >> A driver should act like the kernel of an OS. > Amen to that. Mirrors exactly my thinking. OS design is a good > source of inspiration. Utterly serious suggestion: Start with the kernel for a very light weight pre-emptive OS (one of the microkernel designs or Sys7-style small systems) and then build from there, replacing the filesystem with a transparent DB structure, the shell with a world-view, and then have more classical "shells" and scripting languages as child programs from there. BTW: This is a moderately accurate description of Shades in its early days. -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#kanga,nu (Contractor) Internet: coder#kanga,nu ---------(*) Internet: claw#under,engr.sgi.com ...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... </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="00317" HREF="msg00317.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Niklas Elmqvist <d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00321.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud (was Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00323.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Recursive look</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00317.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00330.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00322"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00322"><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: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00302" HREF="msg00302.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Wilburn, E.J. <a href="mailto:WilburnE#kochind,com">WilburnE#kochind,com</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 15:56 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00303" HREF="msg00303.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Bruce Mitchener, Jr. <a href="mailto:bruce#puremagic,com">bruce#puremagic,com</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 16:04 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00313" HREF="msg00313.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 18:22 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00317" HREF="msg00317.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 20:24 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00322" HREF="msg00322.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 22:38 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00330" HREF="msg00330.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 01:43 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00340" HREF="msg00340.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 05:12 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00370" HREF="msg00370.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 00:27 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00341" HREF="msg00341.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 05:25 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </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>