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Sun's Project Darkstar Game Server Platform No More

Posted by timothy on from the dropped-off-the-moving-truck dept.

sproketboy writes "Project Darkstar, an open source software platform from Sun labs that simplifies the development of horizontally scalable servers for online games, is being discontinued as of the Oracle acquisition. This project, mentioned a couple of years back on Slashdot, was a unique concept for building an application server specific to on-line gaming. Sadly they were so close at version 0.9.11 (which is still very stable). Hopefully the open source community can get involved and help continue work on this project."

5 of 82 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sad by the+linux+geek · · Score: 2, Informative

    Oracle has repeatedly stated that Solaris, along with SPARC, is going to have increased investment.

  2. Re:Sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    EVE Online, which has probably done more in terms of scaling/balancing technology than any other commercial MMO, uses a *ton* of Python server-side. One world for all players, with the ability to handle massive battles. A kludge it is not.

  3. Wonderland is suffering a similar fate by Simon+Carr · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just did a write-up on Wonderland. Development resources are no longer being applied to the project. From what I'm reading the community is going to keep it going, but it's still disappointing to hear that something so forward thinking is being cut from the vine.

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    -- The unsig...
    1. Re:Wonderland is suffering a similar fate by sproketboy · · Score: 2, Informative

      Well yeah - Wonderland runs on Darkstar so it looks like it's all going to be gone.

  4. Re:Oops? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_plural_of_the_word_%27forum%27

    "According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the plural of "forum" is "forums," although "fora" is an acceptable option."

    aka... fuck you, you stupid wanka