( I read it djf)
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From: Dennis Crowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: December 16, 2006 6:54:10 AM JST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IP] more on IBM to give birth to 'Second Life' business
group
It seems to be that all these hight-tech companies that make a run
into the
Second-Life MP game are burning marketing budget for just a few users.
hi dave -
for anyone interested in this Second Life thread, Clay Shirky
recently had a great post dissecting the hype around SL and the
numbers driving a lot of the media / advertiser interest...
A story too good to check
http://www.valleywag.com/tech/second-life/a-story-too-good-to-
check-221252.php
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On Dec 15, 2006, at 4:32 PM, David Farber wrote:
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From: Leon Kuunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: December 15, 2006 8:04:00 PM JST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IP] IBM to give birth to 'Second Life' business group
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Hi David,
It seems to be that all these hight-tech companies that make a run
into the
Second-Life MP game are burning marketing budget for just a few users.
Although the amount of users that have ever registered at SL is
around 2
million, the number of active users seems to be quite small. During
'business
hours' around 20000 concurrend user connections are active.
I wonder how much is invested into the game and how that relates to
income of
the avatars.
Cheers, --Leon.
David Farber wrote:
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: December 13, 2006 9:01:27 AM JST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] IBM to give birth to 'Second Life' business
group
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IBM to give birth to 'Second Life' business group
By Stephen Shankland
<http://news.com.com/IBM+to+give+birth+to+Second+Life+business
+group/2100-1014_3-6143175.html>
Story last modified Tue Dec 12 15:39:57 PST 2006
IBM will launch an official group in January to deal with Second Life
and other virtual realms from which the company hopes to profit.
Virtual reality and other visual interface work is the next
project on
IBM's plate, Irving Wladawsky-Berger said in an interview at CNET's
Second Life offices. Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technical
strategy and innovation at IBM, led the company's response to earlier
technologies that rewrote the rules of the computing industry,
such as
e-commerce and Linux.
"I have been playing a strong role in helping us start our 3D
Internet
and virtual-world efforts. We are launching a new EBO in this area in
January--that is, an emerging business opportunity--much like we did
with Linux and the grid," Wladawsky-Berger said Tuesday. IBM believes
the virtual realm has potential for training, conferences and
commerce,
he said.
Second Life, an online community run by a company called Linden
Labs, is
an electronic universe where people's virtual representations, called
avatars, can chat, fly, teleport, browse stores and purchase
goods. IBM
has one public island on Second Life, a site named after and
mimicking
its Almaden Research Center near San Jose, Calif., but the company
plans
to open up 12 more by Monday.
Second Life, not unlike blogging, has become a new trend among
technology companies hoping to show they're hip to the latest
trends and
that believe they might benefit from direct connections to potential
customers. In recent months, IBM rivals Dell and Sun Microsystems
have
launched Second Life offices and held activities.
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