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OKB -- not okblacke wrote:

> Jarb donotreply@interbulletin.bogus wrote:
> >"David A. Cornelson" <dcornelson@placet.com> wrote in article

[...]

> >Nevermind. We'll try this again some other time. No entries were sent so I
> >guess this was either bad timing or a bad idea. Maybe the potential angst
> >over copyright infringement was too much for folks.
>      I'd like to say for the record that I think it's an excellent idea, and
> copyright infringement didn't scare me at all.  The reason I didn't enter was
> that it seemed too massive a task for the time alotted.  I personally would
> want to redo the LibraryMessages in Seussian style, and this alone could take
> quite some time.  (Not to mention having to actually write the game. :-)

I agree.  I actually did have a vague attempt started (intending for it to be my
first "published"), but then I similarly attacked the library and started seeing
the actual scope of a well-written project of this sort.

The next time through, though, I'm definitely on this one!


