[Aiken]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
my wishlist for SE5 would be for a hosting exec that will run on Linux with no GUI.

I think that's a great suggestion. Actually this idea can be expanded into the new server-client architecture, so the game could consist of 2 separate programs: CLI based server (with simple graphical games management frontend, maybe) capable to make turn computations only and graphical clent which will "draw" the turn delivered from server and provide actuall game interface. In conjunction with improved tcp\ip mechanism this could make game hosting much easier. And sure, the server side should be written to be easily ported to another platforms (*nix, mac, whatever)