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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 19:50:09 EDT</LI>
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At 10/22/98 9:38 PM Chris Gray (cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA)
altered the fabric of reality by uttering:
>[Joachim Pileborg (The Arrow):]
>
> >However, among all the buzz-words and efficiency talk, there is one word I
> >miss: simplicity. Personally I think this project first of all should be
> >simple, and efficiency and modularization should come after that. At leas
> >it should be so if we want this, I don't know waht to call it,
>"creation" ;)
> >to spread outside the little circle this list really is.
>
>Wise words. A lot of the talk flying around certainly has the smell of
>complexity attached to it. That is often an unfortunate consequence of
>"design by comittee". I too would advise trying very hard to keep things
>simple at the early stages - complexity will creep in all too quickly,
>despite any attempts to stamp it out.
Agreed. But I'm curious: where do you see unnecessary complexity in the
system as we've discussed it to date?
-Rick.
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Rick Buck, President and CEO <<A HREF="mailto:rlb#big-i,com">mailto:rlb#big-i,com</A>>
Beyond Infinity Games, Inc.
See you in The Metaverse! <<A HREF="http://www.big-i.com">http://www.big-i.com</A>>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00431" HREF="msg00431.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 23:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00398" HREF="msg00398.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 15:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00433" HREF="msg00433.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 23:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00449" HREF="msg00449.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 04:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00434" HREF="msg00434.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 00:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00438" HREF="msg00438.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 01:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00509" HREF="msg00509.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 05:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00514" HREF="msg00514.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 15:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00515" HREF="msg00515.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 16:08 GMT
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