Moby only covers IBM/Intel compatible games. There was a whole lot of gaming that happened before (or never on) Intel machines and compatibles. If Moby expanded its coverage, I'd agree.
Hugh -----Original Message----- From: Adam Baratz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: ComputerGameCollector.Com] > Finally, I think creating a true master list (of viable commercial games) is > a great idea. I'm guessing we could get a good 80% of the way there (or > more) just by combining the databases of the people on our e-mail list. We > could just have everybody spit out what they have in a common format, and > then somebody would have to import and reconcile the lists for duplicates. > I'd be willing to do that (slowly) unless somebody else already has a system > to handle it. I could then share the master list with everybody. I'll > propose it to the group and see what they think. Interjection: it seems pretty useless to me to be creating yet another master list of games when Moby already exists. Wouldn't it make more sense to have a SOAP service or some other web API that people could use to access the information from Moby, perhaps for some sort of licensing fee? Since there's so much in the DB already (complete with screenshots, box shots, etc.), it seems foolish to me to duplicate the effort. -Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
