[Opensim-dev] The essence of "grid"

[Charles Krinke]

Thank you, Michael, for a good and objective description. I would concur with your points.

As we move forward, we also have to consider that economic considerations come into play in the notion of "personal trust" and "software trust logic".

There are folks already using both V$ (VirtualWallet) on some OpenSim regions and grids. Other folks are using vendor scripts with external web site connections in browsers. So, delivering goods and services in a reliable manner with currency transactions will have a significant effect on both notions of trust.

Charles




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From: Michael Cortez <mcortez at gmail.com>
To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 7:31:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] The essence of "grid"

Michael Cortez wrote:
> My thoughts:
>
> To me, a Grid is a virtual space that can be of any given size, and to 
> date, currently consists of one or more discrete Regions that are laid 
> out in a two dimensional grid pattern.  A Grid allows for these 
> discrete individual spaces to be joined together to provide a seamless 
> virtual space that viewers can traverse as if they were a single large 
> simulation.
>
> A Grid can consist of just a single Region, or many Regions.
>
> Within a Grid, it may be desirable to assign ownership of virtual 
> space to specific agents for administration.  Those agents, through 
> their viewers (or other means) should be able to determine who may 
> enter their space, what those visitors can do once there, including 
> what communications are available and what objects they may simulate.  
> Currently we determine areas of administration in 256m^2 regions of 
> space, that are then sub-divided by parcels.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, I fully expect to see Grids of Grids  -- in 
fact, OSGrid could be seen as a grid of grids.  It consists of many 
individual Regions of space, that can on their own be considered a grid.

I'll state it again here, for those that don't care to read my other 
longer rambling message -- each instance of OpenSim is to a certain 
extent a self contained grid.  In standalone mode it has nearly all the 
same services as what is currently called a "Grid" -- and those services 
that are missing could be added.  In fact, "Grid Mode" is simply the 
delegation of specific subsets of responsibility to another entity.

--
Michael Cortez
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