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CCP Games CEO Discusses Decision To Make Eve Online Platform Open Source | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited July 7 in News & Features Discussion

imageCCP Games CEO Discusses Decision To Make Eve Online Platform Open Source | MMORPG.com

After announcing the platform behind Eve Online will go open source earlier this year, the CEO of CCP Games, the company behind the game and its engine, has spoken up about why.

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  • mcrippinsmcrippins Member RarePosts: 1,642
    Wow.. I freakin love this. I wish games that were shut down would release their code. At least give the community a shot to bring it back.
  • MawneeMawnee Member UncommonPosts: 247
    I'm looking forward to Eve offline and private servers. I could poke around in this game indefinitely on my own server. Modified ruleset servers open a ton of fun options.
    ValdemarJKyleran
  • caalemcaalem Member UncommonPosts: 312
    >Pétursson explains that Eve has technically run on the same fundamentals all along as “the first database game ever made. It's based on SQL server from Microsoft.

    He's incorrect.
    Asheron's Call used MSSQL, it was originally using MySQL on a BSD server until Microsoft got involved.
    I do not know if any MMOs prior to Asheron's Call used a DBMS.
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