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Their Web site seems to have disappeared last year, but seems very relevant to the current "metaverse" hype. In particular, OpenCobalt is easily programmable, s

Their Web site seems to have disappeared last year, but seems very relevant to the current "metaverse" hype. In particular, OpenCobalt is easily programmable, supports a bunch of standards like XMPP (chat) and VNC (virtual desktop). It's also decentralised: users can navigate from one server to another by moving through portals (hyperlinks).

mindcrime 5y ago
Archive.org really are "doing god's work" (so to speak). How many sites and how much knowledge would be lost from the 'net forever without them?
- m4rtink 5y ago
  Exactly! And its not just we pages - a lot of digital heritage is being lost, even though we now have the technology to digitally preserve about anything. Flash games that one can't play without a flash player, online games that can no longer be played without company run servers, modern arcade machines that will no longer run without a backend server, etc. I would really welcome if more people though about how to preserve out current digital culture for the long run...
  - PinkMilkshake 5y ago
    > Flash games Just in case you hadn't come across Flashpoint: https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ Since early 2018, Flashpoint has saved more than 100,000 games and 10,000 animations running on 35 different platforms.
    - m4rtink 5y ago
      Yep, this is a very welcome initiative! :)
  - chris37879 5y ago
    > online games that can no longer be played without company run servers I saw someone in another thread recently mention that it should be a law that if you shut down your online game, you have to release the source code for the server and client. I don't entirely disagree with this notion. If you sell people a product and then decide to stop supporting it, why would it hurt you to let your customers support it.
- appleflaxen 5y ago
  Knowledge lost and prior art put under patent.
jdougan 5y ago
I've been busy and hadn't paid attention to google sites' "upgrade". It is on my to do list now.

mindcrime 5y ago

Archive.org really are "doing god's work" (so to speak). How many sites and how much knowledge would be lost from the 'net forever without them?

m4rtink 5y ago
Exactly! And its not just we pages - a lot of digital heritage is being lost, even though we now have the technology to digitally preserve about anything. Flash games that one can't play without a flash player, online games that can no longer be played without company run servers, modern arcade machines that will no longer run without a backend server, etc. I would really welcome if more people though about how to preserve out current digital culture for the long run...
- PinkMilkshake 5y ago
  > Flash games Just in case you hadn't come across Flashpoint: https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ Since early 2018, Flashpoint has saved more than 100,000 games and 10,000 animations running on 35 different platforms.
  - m4rtink 5y ago
    Yep, this is a very welcome initiative! :)
- chris37879 5y ago
  > online games that can no longer be played without company run servers I saw someone in another thread recently mention that it should be a law that if you shut down your online game, you have to release the source code for the server and client. I don't entirely disagree with this notion. If you sell people a product and then decide to stop supporting it, why would it hurt you to let your customers support it.
appleflaxen 5y ago
Knowledge lost and prior art put under patent.

jdougan 5y ago

I've been busy and hadn't paid attention to google sites' "upgrade". It is on my to do list now.