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  1. Wiki by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Web Review on Open Source Software
    The RPG development group "Altima" uses a program called Wiki to develop their website in an open manner. The software allows people to collectively develop web pages.

    To be able to work on their website you need to be assigned an account and password, which allows editing access to some subset of the site (e.g., you could be allowed to make pages under the "game world" area, or under the "server coding" section).

    You are allowed to edit the main body of the page, but not the header or footer (only people with "admin" priv's can edit those). This way, the overall look of every page can be maintained consistently, while the page authors are allowed to do pretty much whatever they want.

    Editing is done entirely through a web form, making it possible for just about anyone to work on the site. Also, it has a text -> HTML converter in it, so if you don't know HTML you're not totally stuck (though if you do know HTML you can make good use of it.)

  2. value of learning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on An Essay on Open Source

    It's amazing how much more one learns while
    working on a net project, than one learns in
    the course of their day to day job. There is
    a noticeable distinction between commercial
    "do it quickly" and the "do it right" approach
    in net projects.

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  3. Free Software Movement by Bryce · · Score: 1 · on Linus Named in Upside's Elite 100

    There are some very interesting parallels
    between the rise of the scientific community
    back in the 17th century.

    I expect we'll see more and more of these sorts
    of lists populated by people of the Free Software
    Movement. Yay!

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  4. Freedom is all that matters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Interview with Dennis Ritchie

    Personally, I've yet to hear much serious
    mention of this "Inferno" thing, and unless it
    is freely available, in spite of its quality
    (almost assured, given the caliber of people
    working on it), will probably go no where being
    non-free. 8-|

    BH
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    the free online, multiplayer RPG development project!

  5. Hrm. Maybe. by machineryofJoy · · Score: 1 · on Sierra recalls Game on Account of Integrity
    I think someone may already be doing this.

    Check out http://www.altima.org/ (saw the link originally in a /. poster's sig file).

    =moJ
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    Member in Good Standing,

  6. Scripting languages by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ask Slashdot: Software for Youngsters?

    The game ain't ready for use yet, but one of Altima's planned core features is the ability to "script" one's character. It isn't aimed at being a teaching aid, but it might provide an encouragement to young people to pick up programming.

    Altima is planning on using Python. That'a a good language to start with, IMHO, and I've suggested it to a few proto-programmers just recently myself. Cross platform, free, good documentation, simple syntax, useful for a variety of applications, it's not a bad language.

  7. Sealing their own doom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Next consumer Windows to be 98 derivative

    With the current attention on Linux, this is
    not the sort of PR MS wants out. It's the
    exact opposite of their usual vaporware promises.

    They're doing more to help Linux achieve world
    domination than any other company. Thank you
    Bill!

    Bryce

    Altima -
    Join the free online roleplaying game project.