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Sun had just released a variation of their new Sun Grid called Project Darkstar. c|Net News has an article on this project and its focus on MMO Gaming.

"Project Darkstar seeks to eliminate many of the major issues that game developers face when looking to develop an on-line video game. We believe that game developers should do what they do best: make great games. Today, game companies who seek to build an on-line game are expected to become experts in network technology, scalable architectures, database performance tuning, etc. when they should be applying those resources to building story, characters, environments and gameplay."