The Linden Lab layoff and new strategy news (with some analysis):
- Looking into Linden Lab Layoff Rumors -- UPDATE: Confirmed, 30% Lindens Being Laid Off, Restructured Team to Develop Web-Based Second Life Viewer
- Linden Lab Confirms: We're Developing a Second Life Viewer Accessible FROM the Web (Not a Second Life ON the Web)
- What Happened to Linden Chief Product Officer Tom Hale, Lead Developer of Second Life Viewer 2?
- Mark Kingdon Interviewed About Linden Lab Layoffs by a Copper Robot
- Gwyn Says: The Linden Lab Layoff Announcement Heralds Good News, Actually
The poignant community reaction to the layoffs
And some reasons why it's worth staying around in spite of it all:
- Sneak Peek at "Memento mori", New Performance Space for the Virtual Band Called Chouchou
- Beauty Still Arises in Second Life: Sextan Shepherd's Nemo Emerges From the Waves, Spawning a City
- Weekend Machinima: Second Life's International Family of Dancing Avatars
- Survey Results: Plurality Say Second Life Fosters Lucid Dreaming
And here's my own round-up, in Italian, but with even more links to English-language articles and comment: Il futuro di Second Life dopo i licenziamenti a Linden Lab. Selezione di commenti e opinioni
Posted by: Opensource Obscure | Monday, June 14, 2010 at 04:58 AM
I was away for a week. Anything interesting happen?
Posted by: Arcadia Codesmith | Monday, June 14, 2010 at 07:08 AM