From: corey@tsgc.dyndns.org.remove-1q-this   
      
     To: Mike Mol   
     Re: Re: InFiNiTy CoMpLeX copyright fate?   
     By: Mike Mol to alt.bbs.majorbbs on Mon Feb 21 2005 02:49 pm   
      
    > One of the suggestions I made in my (apparently lost) email was to make   
    > the IC server essentially a telnet server, possibly with SSL.   
    >   
    > You'd then be able to build the *much* simpler clients for any OS you   
    > wanted, be it WG/dos, WG/win32, win32, linux...   
    >   
    > The server could authenticate by IP or by RADIUS, to allow the sysop to   
    > control who uses his game server.   
    >   
    > Personally, I'd suggest opening the protocal spec to allow third   
    > parties to develop more advanced clients, with you still making money   
    > off of server licenses.  That way you might see everything from   
    > telnet+macro style to FPS-style to birds-eye-view and Nethack-style   
    > clients.  All without additional effort on your part.   
      
   sounds like what Guile did with his crossroads of the elements.   
   he said the worst part was write all the routines to replace the   
   btrieve stuff.   
      
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