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<LI><em>From</em>: Mik Clarke <<A HREF="mailto:mikclrk#attglobal,net">mikclrk#attglobal,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 20:40:04 +0000</LI>
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cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA wrote:
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> [Ben Greear:
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> > It was also interesting to see how the MUD-DEV project burned so bright,
> > but flamed out so quickly. Too many indians, not enough chiefs, no
> > benevolent dictator, and I think the fact that so few of us really want
> > to work for others when we could implement our own thing killed it.
> > We as a mud-developer community just seem too set in our ways, busy,
> > or otherwise introverted to be able to collaborate on a meaningfull
> > project. However, don't think I'm trying to preach: I know I wouldn't
> > want to work on any server but my own either :)
>
> Hmm. A benevolent dictator might have helped. It would have had to have
> been somone technically knowledgeable, but able to completely detach
> themselves from their own opinions, and run with the perceived concensus.
> And someone willing and able to put a fair amount of time into it.
Sounds like it needs a project manager. Enough technical skill to tell
fakery from reality, but mainly skills in managing people and getting
results according to some sort of timetable. Programmers as a general
rule do not make good project managers...
Mik
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00326" HREF="msg00326.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Thu 18 Nov 1999, 00:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00329" HREF="msg00329.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00330" HREF="msg00330.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00287" HREF="msg00287.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00298" HREF="msg00298.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>,
Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#attglobal,net">mikclrk#attglobal,net</a>, Wed 17 Nov 1999, 21:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00316" HREF="msg00316.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00293" HREF="msg00293.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00313" HREF="msg00313.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00323" HREF="msg00323.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry</A></strong>,
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