I can't see MS continuing with OpenSource viewers, and I can't see them supporting any platform other than Windows for the closed viewer they would come up with.
I would most certainly liquidate my assets and leave if that were happening. Melanie Kesick, Nicholas Charles wrote: > It seems you know very little about Windows Server operations, and who's to > say Microsoft would come in and change all of the underlying OSes? > I wouldn't recommend runing LINUX with Opensim on anything less than 4GB > (production), and Windows Server Core is a very robust and light system, of > which I would still run on 4GB. Server Core weighs less on my server than > Fedora or Ubuntu Server. > > But consider first, the advantage of connection speeds that would be > available to Second Life with Microsoft as the owner. Right now Linden Labs > has been building server centers and their fiber "LL Net". Now Micorosft > walks in. Here's 400x the server power with datacenters in many states, and > 10000x the bandwidth around the world. Tada! Lag time between client and > server gone, especially with international users. > > Microsoft also has the assets to help the education sector, which has been > having more and more trouble staying with Second Life because of a lack of > support. > > So, don't just write it off because of the OS. Remember the other assets they > have, like internet connections and good management skills. > > - Nicholas Kesick > Now at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>! > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Nelson > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] If MIcrosoft buys LL, impact on OpenSIm? > > Yeah, great idea. Turn all of the comparatively efficient Linux servers into > Windows Server 2008 servers that all require another 4GB of memory just to > keep running, and frequent security updates to avoid worms. That and they'd > change from MySQL to MSSQL, which would make the asset and data server pools > even slower than they are now. Pay $400/mo for even worse services. > > Unless, of course, MS has a plan to fix all of Second Life's longstanding > issues and increase efficiency. > > Rob > > On 9/30/2010 11:09 AM, Daniel Smith wrote: > > Big rumour that Microsoft may buy LL: > http://www.techeye.net/internet/microsoft-to-buy-second-life > > If so, any impact on OpenSim development? > > I would like to think there would be a precedent of: > .Net & Mono == MS/LL server & OpenSim > > How safe is OpenSim from potential legal threats? > (if MS did buy LL, and turned their sights on OS..) > > Daniel > > > -- > Daniel Smith - Sonoma County, California > http://daniel.org/resume > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-dev mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > > ________________________________ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> > Version: 10.0.1120 / Virus Database: 422/3169 - Release Date: 09/30/10 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
