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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Open Forum: What will happen to Second Life in the post-Cory Linden era?
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Wagner James "Hamlet" Au
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Wow, the silence is eerie.
My hope is that whatever the future holds, it will still include open source.
Posted by: Brenda Archer | Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 04:43 PM
I think that everyone is watching for where Cory ends up, before making any informed guesses.
Hamlet, please re-post this question after New Years; We'll have a better idea by then.
--TSK
Posted by: T_S_Kimball | Monday, December 17, 2007 at 01:33 AM
I really really hope that this doesn't mean the end of the open source server plans
Posted by: Elfod Nemeth | Monday, December 17, 2007 at 07:04 AM