[quote=Awson]
While we weigh options, lets just open a new vanilla -.-That is, when Giygas pops in.EDIT: Isn't bukkit just a set of tools and some code? I'm sure another entity will take up the mantle if it dies.
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Well, here's the worst case scenario. Bukkit gets completely taken down. Then Mojang completely rewrites Bukkit(so nobody can bitch about it being the same code as before) and put it back up. That process however would take a couple moths minimum due to Mojang's full plate. And as for another taking up the mantle, that's what Forge is as well. A set of tools and some code. Its code is a lot different, but can do more then Bukkit could, if the coders do it right.