[Opensim-dev] If MIcrosoft buys LL, impact on OpenSIm?

[Kesick, Nicholas Charles]

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 kesickn09 at students.ecu.edu<mailto:kesickn09 at students.ecu.edu>!

From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Rob Nelson
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:29 PM
To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
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


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