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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some additional thoughts from a newbie on the
"Friendly Teleports" discussion you had back in September:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For the OpenSims to be really open, the matter of
adressing sims and locations in sims will need to be given </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>some additional thought. Since, as you state,
OpenSim is intended to be an open network (a web) of Sims rather</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>than a closed world like SL, there definitely is
the need for a common way of addressing locations from outside</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- from the web or any other world that supports
URL-type links.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LL have a proprietary solution in addressing
secondlife://sim/x/y/z. A comparable open solution would be something
like:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>osap://subdomain.domain.tld/sim/x/y/z
(osap is for Open Simulator Access Protocol :)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IMHO the current notion of users logging
into grids with ID/PWD falls short of the requirements of an open network.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S: I would love to discuss design decisions that
affect the usability and hence success of OpenSim. What you build
today</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>could well be the 'next big thing' that mayaffect
the online experience of millions of people in the future.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ezekiel</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>