robkelk Wrote:Likewise, there can be a node on Prometheus Forge if A.C. and Lebia want one.Of course there's an Interwave backbone node on the Forge. The did help develop the Mk. II version. It's just not a notable node. The White Stallion has a variant on a Mk. II setup installed, not having the space for a full Mk. II (even if the Mk. II is a quarter the size of the original and the Stallion is larger than the Blade). It's only about 100MB/s and (much to A.C.'s frustration) not practical as a system for sale.
Dartz Wrote:From what I gather, KoFen is, to be short, something of a walled garden. So it's a guaranteed safe, secure high-quality experience, at a price.
HRogge Wrote:If KoFen is also open-source, the two systems will begin copying abilities and code from each other, which mean they will converge in long term.The only thing that's open source is the KoFen sandbox. This is by design, as the processing nodes are frighteningly powerful. Gina Langley's body has a Quality Control reject as its CPU, which should say a lot as to how powerful the fully capable ones are. Without the safeties they could easily rank as Shadowrun type Ultraviolet class nodes. Also, they were created during the Boskone War and as such A.C. didn't want to replace Thionite with BTLs.
That said, there are a few KoFen servers around with looser controls. They are mostly for medical purposes.