[LUNI] Sudoko publisher follows open source model to develop games

[sean-lynch at sean-lynch.com]

Please ignore.

I replied to the wrong thread.

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:44:30 -0700
  <sean-lynch at sean-lynch.com> wrote:
> Textdrive has cheap shared hosting plans you can install 
>a wiki of your choice on.
> http://textdrive.com/
> They support open source
> 
> Since its an intranet, you could probably install your 
>own server and host the wiki yourself. That is unless 
>your work force is distributed and you don't want to 
>build in the large network support.
> 
> There are also alternatives. The Chicago company 37 
>signals offers sites that allow business collabaration. 
>They have some freebies that might give you a way to 
>collaborate with something other than a wiki.
> http://www.37signals.com/
> 
> The 37 signals stuff is not a wiki, but they strongly 
>support open source. They are the company that developed 
>Ruby on Rails and released it under the GPL. So its worth 
>a look
> 
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:37:48 +0530
>  "Arun K. Khan" <knura at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Quote from the article below:
>> <quote>
>> "Sudoku’s popularity in the United States caught Mr. 
>>Kaji by such
>> surprise that he did not try to get the trademark there 
>>until it was too
>> late. As a result, Nikoli receives no royalties from 
>>sudoku-related
>> sales overseas by other publishers. 
>> 
>> In hindsight, though, he now thinks that oversight was a 
>>brilliant
>> mistake. The fact that no one controlled sudoku’s 
>>intellectual property
>> rights let the game’s popularity grow unfettered, Mr. 
>>Kaji says. Nikoli
>> does not plan to trademark other new games, either, in 
>>hopes this will
>> also help them take off. 
>> </quote>
>> 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/business/worldbusiness/21sudoku.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
>> 
>> -- arun khan
>> 
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