I liked this one:

"dear sir, you have read dune too many times. it may be fortunate that frank herbert has long since passed beyond..."

While I'm not certain that 'fortunate' is the right word to use, I am certain that I've only read Dune once, and, like most everyone else, I enjoyed it immensely. If this reader is implying that Anarchy Online resembles Dune in some ways, he's probably right. The genesis of AO was definitely in part inspired by - amongst other literary works, films, television series, comic books, myths and legends - Frank Herbert's novel. No one's claiming that the general setting is hugely original or groundbreaking. But there's thought behind it, there's an extensive history, there are many original elements, fresh twists and turns, and how the setting is used is more important than what the setting is. Besides, we haven't revealed everything yet, not by a long shot. Yes, Rubi-Ka is a planet with lots and lots of desert, and yes, notum is an important element unique to Rubi-Ka. But that's about as far as the Dune similarities go, in my opinion. I may be wrong. Maybe we just copied everything, and tried to pass it off as an original creation. I mean, who reads books anymore? Huh?  ¶ 18:18