rewrite of the abstract

report.lyx

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-Contemporary game servers lack good fault tolerance, furthermore the game
+Today users of network games often experience failures of the servers while
- servers are unable to power several different types of games.
+ playing or downtime due to maintenance.
- The purpose of this thesis is to design a fault tolerant, and generic game
+ Additionally game developers often perform the difficult task of reinventing
- server, which by being generic can power several different sorts of games,
+ a game server to meet their needs.
- developed in different languages.
+ The purpose of this thesis is to to design a reliable game server which
+ can power different types of games simultanously.
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@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ It is investigated if the techniques and tools used in the telecom industry,
  game server.
  To make the server generic, it is investigated if virtual machines can
  be used to run the actual games, thereby allowing the games to be developed
- in a language different from the actual server software.
+ in different programming languages.
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@@ -383,16 +384,16 @@ A prototype is developed in Erlang using OTP.
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-The results from testing the server show that: it is possible to design
+The test results show that it is possible to design a server using the tools
- a server using the tools originally intended for telecom software, it is
+ originally intended for telecom software and it is indeed possible to create
- possible to create a generic game server, capable of running different
+ a generic game server, capable of running different games, written in different
- games, written in different languages.
+ languages.
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-The conclusion of the thesis is that since simple games can be developed
+This thesis concludes that simple games can easily be developed work reliably
- in a fault tolerant manner, while also making use of a generic server,
+ by while making use of a generic server.
- it should be worthwhile attempting to develop more advanced games using
+ It should be worthwhile attempting to develop more advanced games using
  the same techniques as those described in this thesis.
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