If anyone is interested, there is a good possiblity that this project can be at updated to visual studio 2008 C# express, at least in part. Please let us know in our MITESERVER project forums if anyone wants this to happen.
Just wanted to share that we are working on the MiteServer (MITE) code and are nearing a release version. Right now, the code works but we are in the process of cleaning it up and enhancing the demo database which contains a small starter MUD. You can check it out with SVN. If you have any questions or comments about the engine, scripts, or demo database MUD, please feel free to post in our forums.