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From: J C Lawrence <claw@kanga.nu>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:46:26 -0800
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:44:20 -0500
Tom Hunter <thunter@compassrosegames.com> wrote:
> J C Lawrence wrote:
>> Raph Koster <Koster> wrote:
> Raph, JC and others are describing the "system" (a word I am using
> because there is not agreement to use MUD, VW or another term) in a
> way that is not many steps away from a design document.
This is an excellent point. Most of us are some form of engineer-type,
and so tend towards terms which are constructed and defined in an
engineering manner. Ultimately the final term is almost certain to be a
Xerox-style bastard: some token (like "Xerox") taken out of context and
used much more widely and generically than the original ever could be.
And, FWLIW, that's the reason I expect that we're not going to be the
ones to coin or define the term.
I also have a very strong suspicion that long term there's no need or
value in having such a term, and that the use and value of the term is
only present during these early days of computer/network penetration
into everyday life.
--
J C Lawrence
---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
claw@kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh?
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
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