[Opensim-dev] Lively

[Mike Dickson]

I don't see any reason to worry.  To me OpenSIM is about server
infrastructure.  A platform for virtual world building.  And in
particular a core platform that supports extensions so that folks that
want to build "products" can do so.

Marketing to me is about products.  If you identify "marketing
requirements" for OpenSIM it's that it be an excellent platform on which
to build virtual worlds some of which may be offered as products.  A
marketing team IMO is more appropriate for those product efforts and
surely they may have requirements that could be communicated back to the
folks building the platform.  Or better yet, contributions in the form
of code that implement features where appropriate to the platform.

Just my 2 cents.

Mike

On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 14:59 +0000, Ezekiel Zabelin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with a heavyweight like Google going 3D chat, you guys seem to be a bit
> worried about the future of OpenSim.
> 
> Well, since the technical side of OpenSim is making good progress, it is
> about time to start formulating a marketing strategy.
> 
> OpenSim has many advantages over SL (and other VWs):
> - land/space cost only hardware-related, no provider fees, no license fees
> (good for startups)
> - possibility to create an open network of free grids, not regulated by
> governing bodies
> - possibility to create closed, themed grids for roleplay, or corporate
> 'intranet' grids
> etc. etc.
> 
> Of course, OpenSim should not try to be everything at once but should rather
> pick some promising target areas and support them
> as best as we can so that there will be some nice showcases to publish.
> 
> I would love to participate in a 'marketing team'. The only issue is that
> marketing would need to get a say in the overall development
> strategy so that promising target groups would really get the features that
> they need.
> 
> Ezekiel
> -----------
> Publish your OpenSim grids and locations at www.yosims.com
> Publish your Google Lively rooms at www.yosims.com :)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dan miller" <danbmil99 at yahoo.com>
> To: <opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:38 PM
> Subject: [Opensim-dev] Lively
> 
> 
> > thoughts?
> >
> > http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9272
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