Startup is counting on open source to launch its MMOG

Posted by dcparris on Dec 28, 2006 8:29 PM EDT
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Brazil-based Hoplon Infotainment is a startup game developer and an open source shop. Its upcoming first product, Taikodom, is a "massively multiplayer online game (MMOG)" that includes elements of science fiction and magic. Hundreds of thousands of online users can play an MMOG at the same time, but that requires a lot of server power. Hoplon called on open source tools for its software development needs, and IBM to help it provide the bandwidth and CPU strength it requires.

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Infotainment? jezuch 0 811 Dec 29, 2006 2:11 AM
Pretty standard approach swbrown 0 754 Dec 29, 2006 12:21 AM

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