Comments on: Quo Vadis, Secunda Vita?

By: nalates.u

nalates.u — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:32:08 +0000

Good writing. It will be interesting to see what Philip does.

The open source viewer code & Snowglobe has created some great improvements in viewers. My thanks to Philip and all those creating alternate viewers.

I am looking forward to new features in SL to compete with 'perceived' advances in Blue Mars. I am very curious how BM is getting 25 to 50 AV's in an area and not lagging. Their claim they can put a 1,000 in and not lag… well, I'll have to see it.

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:36:27 +0000

"And so, ultimately, we come to why Philip is “leaving” SL."

Simple, SL doesn't run or work any better than Real Player. Time for someone that knows what they are doing to step up to the plate.

By: Gwyneth Llewelyn

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:23:44 +0000

Well, Philip's doing a great job with Snowglobe

By: Maggie Darwin (@Magg

Maggie Darwin (@Magg — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:14:05 +0000

That's ironic considering Lotus 1-2-3 is the poster child for copy-protection phail.

It's too late to bemoan Philip's loss and speculate on futures; he's been effectively gone for almost a year now anyway.

By: Gwyneth Llewelyn

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:04:12 +0000

Do you seriously think so, Ann? How will Linden Lab make any money with a technology without users to sustain it? Even Mitch did sell his licenses for Lotus 1-2-3 — for enough money to make him a millionaire.

By: Ann Otoole

Ann Otoole — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:09:29 +0000

If Mitch Kapor is going to lead you can kiss all content intellectual property rights goodbye in Second Life followed by it's immediate demise.