Sunday 25 December 2011

The End of Second Life is nigh

An interesting article from CNN iReport: The End of Second Life is Nigh


Some choice bits:
  • OpenSim ah OpenSim… proliferating roll-your-own versions of SL. Numerous and inexpensive new worlds. And the technology is free! There you find oodles of free prims for your inexhaustible creativity.
  • Out of the Fortune 100, only 3 remain: CNN/Time-Warner, Dell, and a few embarrassing prims on IBM Events region.
In short, this article cuts Linden Labs a new one, and heaps recommendations galore onto Opensim. Proof that CNN is possibly the greatest news organisation in the world.