[Opensim-dev] Groups and using our sims more

[Dahlia Trimble]

I think we need to be cautious here and consider the possible growth before
just implementing the first thing that comes to mind. LL has certainly had
difficulties with group chat as concurrency increases (although they are
quite silent about why this happens). When we get to hundreds, thousands,
perhaps even millions of concurrent online users then any deficiencies in
the original design may come back to haunt us. Despite the opinions of some
I do believe it is possible to have functional real time chat with millions
of online users, there are networks that demonstrate capabilities similar to
this already in existence, such as real time financial information networks.
IRC with it's multiple star server node design may also provide some insight
we can leverage. Whatever comes about, it seems multiple hosts will be
required for more than just the few users that OSGrid sees at any one time.
Some sort of P2P design may be workable if well thought out. I also suspect
that presence tracking may be a difficult problem and should be considered
upfront.

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Charles Krinke <cfk at pacbell.net> wrote:

> We are at the point where I believe some modest group implementation would
> help us move along significantly. Particularly, if our group implmentation
> had HyperGrid notions are were grid-agnostic.
>
> We spend a lot of time on IRC these days and are missing the chance to use
> our sims more.
>
> If we had even a modest implementation of groups, then it would be possible
> for folks to be testing building & scripting and our IRC activities could,
> in some measure, move over to a "HyperGrid Group Chat".
>
> I would like to encourage us to think about this and see if there is a way
> to begin some modest implementation.
>
> Charles
>
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