<s>
Micromuse	B-Protocol
was	O
also	O
formerly	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
company	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
IBM	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
MUD	B-Application
started	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
TinyMUSE	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
members	O
to	O
interact	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
called	O
Cyberion	O
City	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
create	O
objects	O
and	O
modify	O
their	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
an	O
environment	O
to	O
allow	O
people	O
in	O
far-flung	O
locations	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
particularly	O
college	O
students	O
with	O
Internet	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
as	O
MicroMUSH	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Jin	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
upon	O
TinyMUSH	B-Application
,	O
MicroMUSH	O
was	O
centered	O
around	O
Cyberion	O
City	O
,	O
a	O
space	O
station	O
orbiting	O
earth	O
of	O
the	O
24th	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Larry	B-Application
"	I-Application
Leet	I-Application
"	I-Application
Foard	I-Application
and	O
"	O
Bard	O
"	O
(	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Michael	O
"	O
)	O
were	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Jin	O
,	O
the	O
primary	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
officially	O
changed	O
to	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
during	O
this	O
same	O
time	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
1992	O
,	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
continued	O
to	O
change	O
,	O
though	O
not	O
very	O
noticeably	O
to	O
existing	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1993	O
,	O
the	O
space	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
within	O
the	O
original	O
theme	O
of	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
,	O
was	O
moved	O
out	O
of	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1994	O
,	O
any	O
semblance	O
of	O
what	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
had	O
been	O
was	O
almost	O
gone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
charter	O
and	O
bylaws	O
were	O
created	O
,	O
which	O
officially	O
changed	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
developer	O
had	O
left	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
Frnkzk	O
became	O
the	O
head	O
developer	O
of	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
changes	O
in	O
focus	O
and	O
game	O
policies	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
changing	O
technology	O
,	O
caused	O
a	O
gradual	O
decline	O
in	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
core	O
members	O
using	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
attacks	O
on	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
would	O
cause	O
it	O
to	O
crash	O
,	O
by	O
exploiting	O
poorly	O
written	O
routines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
was	O
using	O
a	O
highly	O
customized	O
version	O
of	O
TinyMUSE	O
version	O
1.7b4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
problems	O
were	O
fixed	O
in	O
version	O
1.8a4	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
,	O
but	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
suffered	O
difficulty	O
back-porting	O
these	O
changes	O
into	O
their	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
eventual	O
creation	O
of	O
new	O
worlds	O
using	O
TinyMUSE	O
,	O
the	O
attacks	O
on	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
gradually	O
ceased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
least	O
one	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
administrator	O
had	O
fought	O
against	O
allowing	O
other	O
sites	O
to	O
use	O
TinyMUSE	O
as	O
their	O
codebase	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
small	O
power-struggle	O
took	O
place	O
between	O
that	O
administrator	O
(	O
Moulton	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
primary	O
developer	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
taken	O
over	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
primary	O
developer	O
(	O
Jin	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Responsibility	O
for	O
the	O
official	O
development	O
of	O
TinyMUSE	O
was	O
never	O
handed	O
back	O
to	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
's	O
version	O
of	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
Cyberion	O
's	O
residents	O
are	O
scholars	O
who	O
lived	O
in	O
a	O
unique	O
community	O
dedicated	O
to	O
learning	O
,	O
teaching	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
preservation	O
of	O
knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dr.	O
Barry	O
Kort	O
was	O
instrumental	O
in	O
setting	O
up	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
in	O
its	O
modern	O
form	O
,	O
with	O
assistance	O
from	O
Kevin	O
Kane	O
(	O
"	O
Frnkzk	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
/	O
MuseNet	O
received	O
the	O
1996	O
National	O
Information	O
Infrastructure	O
NII	O
Award	O
for	O
pioneering	O
innovations	O
in	O
Children	O
's	O
Education	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
Charter	O
and	O
Bylaws	O
(	O
1994	O
)	O
define	O
the	O
history	O
,	O
goals	O
and	O
purposes	O
of	O
MicroMUSE	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
