On 09/03/07, Peter Amstutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This made me smile: http://slgames.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/alternatives-to-second-life/ ``Virtual Object System - Worthy of note purely because they share the dream of creating "The Metaverse". There's not really a lot to see yet, but the reason is that they're taking a very "from the ground up" approach. IF this every lauches, it will end up being fast and reliable. Their wiki is active, so it's worth keeping an eye on. If they every decide to go for VC funding, they could crush everything else.'' There is also a comment on the blog post which clarifies a few points the original author made -- whoever "CrystalShard Foo" is, thanks :-) Regarding the last point (the funding, not the crushing), I am currently working on writing up development and design plans and working towards the actual proposal we will present to potential funding sources. If anyone has any special experience writing proposals or working with investors, please contact me. Since we're going for a distinctly nontraditional business model (open source, open development, community involvement early and as much as possible) some of this is uncharted territory...
Hi, I am a bit behind on these emails so may be saying things already covered but, One thing that may help: We once got some funding from our telco mainly *because* we were open source etc. They wanted technology that would look attractive to businesses to take up and the low cost of an open tech, it's long term maintainability were some strong points in favour. The pitch was to offer technology that would lead to higher use/take up of broadband for rich media applications. This helps broadband businesses to make money. The other thing is that other businesses can now see examples of business models that started off offering free technology and now make money from some added value/premium accounts etc. SL, google earth, ... etc. chris [ Peter Amstutz ][ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ][ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
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