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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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? <o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>So, don’t just write it off because of the OS. Remember
the other assets they have, like internet connections and good management
skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>- Nicholas Kesick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Now at </span><a href="mailto:kesickn09@students.ecu.edu"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>kesickn09@students.ecu.edu</span></a><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> opensim-dev-bounces@lists.berlios.de
[mailto:opensim-dev-bounces@lists.berlios.de] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob Nelson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Opensim-dev] If MIcrosoft buys LL, impact on OpenSIm?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<br>
<br>
Unless, of course, MS has a plan to fix all of Second Life's longstanding
issues and increase efficiency.<br>
<br>
Rob<br>
<br>
On 9/30/2010 11:09 AM, Daniel Smith wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
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Big rumour that Microsoft may buy LL:<br>
<a href="http://www.techeye.net/internet/microsoft-to-buy-second-life">http://www.techeye.net/internet/microsoft-to-buy-second-life</a><br>
<br>
If so, any impact on OpenSim development?<br>
<br>
I would like to think there would be a precedent of:<br>
.Net & Mono == MS/LL server & OpenSim<br>
<br>
How safe is OpenSim from potential legal threats?<br>
(if MS did buy LL, and turned their sights on OS..)<br>
<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Daniel Smith - Sonoma County, California<br>
<a href="http://daniel.org/resume">http://daniel.org/resume</a><br>
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