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# Re: The future of MOO

- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:05:49 PST
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    The question about the future of MOO and whether this technology is now
    dead, is one that has surfaced here on this list many times over the past
    three years that I have subscribed. Personally I feel that MOO is still a
    viable technology and will continue to be so for many years to come, IF
    people believe in it and continue to make it better. There are many
    reasons that support this claim. In academia, which is the sector I know
    best, MOOs have gained recognition on a scale that no other MU*
    technology has. The reason for this is that people associated with MOOs
    like MediaMOO, Diversity University and numerous others (see the
    GNA-Network) have championed the cause of bringing MOO in from the cold
    (no pun intended). Over the past three years I have seen a growing number
    of conference presentations, research papers and publications dealing
    with various aspects of MOO and it's use. All this groundwork now finally
    seems to pay off because administrators and others with money are finally
    starting to see the benefits of MOO. When we have gotten this far it is
    my opinion that we should close the ranks and not flee the ship.

    I will not comment on whether Cold is a better server than MOO, except to
    say that unless there is an easy way to get an existing MOO database to
    run under Cold very few of those who run larger MOOs today are going to
    switch. Most MOOs that have been around for a while have too much
    invested in the database and user base to simply trash it and start over.

    Cheers,
    Jan@Lingua MOO

    __Jan Rune Holmevik, Cand Philol_____________________________________
    University of Bergen
    Department for Humanistic Informatics        jan.holmevik@hedb.uib.no
    Sydnesplass 7, HF-bygget                        janruneh@utdallas.edu
    5020 Bergen, NORWAY                        http://lingua.utdallas.edu

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