[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #277 - 13 msgs

[Jake Song]

on 1/14/01 5:47 PM, J C Lawrence at claw at kanga.nu wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 10:43:27 -0600 (CST)
> Cat  <cat at realtime.net> wrote:
> 
>> And regardless I'm glad to see other parts of the world besides
>> the US able to develop successful online gaming.  Europe is still
>> hamstrung by their outrageously high metered telephone rates, but
>> we'll make our steps towards global harmony someday in spite of
>> 'em!
> 
> Back (whoa!) 15ish years ago when I was working with Pip Caudry on
> the very eary days of the IOWA project (actually before the IOWA
> project was even talked of), Pip was convinced that Japan was the
> going to be the first big market for commercial MUDs.  It didn't
> really happen then.  Its rather heart warming to see it now, and to
> such a degree.

Japan has little commercial MUD market as far as I know. Korea and Japan is
as different as UK and France.

Jake

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