[Opensim-users] [SLED] Linden Lab Sells Second Life!

[Mic Bowman]

Can I just point out that the reason for the strong reactions on both
sides of this discussion is that we all have a deep "attachment" to
opensim. Whether the attachment is because we see business
opportunities, opportunities to explore new uses for a really cool
technology, or because we've spent a considerable amount of time &
energy creating a piece of software that is truly revolutionary...
regardless of where it comes from it is a credit to the OpenSim
community (the developers, those hosting grids, and the users) that it
has created such a passionate following.

--mic



On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:35 PM, MW <michaelwri22 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> But don't you think us developers are hurt by being attacked by people
> because of this? Everyone acts like they are entitled to so much and we
> don't count and we should just do as we are told and provide everyone with
> what they demand.
>
> --- On Wed, 1/4/09, Chris Hart <Chris at codetorque.co.uk> wrote:
>
> From: Chris Hart <Chris at codetorque.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] [SLED] Linden Lab Sells Second Life!
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Date: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009, 10:31 PM
>
> " But if someone's business and family are so reliant on the
> functionality of the server why the hell are they running off CVS
> head!?!? real bugs far worse than this hit head almost weekly. That is
> what head is
>  for."
>
> Not head, specific revision decided upon after weeks of testing (I am
> serious - I have a full dev environment, a staging environment and the
> live grid). Please don't assume I take any decision regarding upgrading
> lightly. I agonise over every update to tagged branches or otherwise.
> From what I could tell, the stable tagging process was more a case of
> ask around in IRC and at office hours and see what people think, more
> than an official process (0.6.3 a good example of a release that sank
> for me because of appearance bugs that would have upset quite a few
> users on our grid). I had believed it was more a case of warning the
> unassuming folks who just got latest code and hoped for the best. I was
> wrong.
>
> I made a bad call, I regret the inconvenience to anyone on ReactionGrid,
> I regret the fact that I lost two hours to someone else's prank. What
> hurts more is that I've been attacked by many whom I
>  respect over the
> course of the day for my own stupidity. I made the decision to stop with
> regular contract work and work on an OpenSim project because it was a
> platform I believed in with a core of good people who knew what they
> were doing. I care about what I do, I care about my grid, and I don't
> want to let people down. Fine, I'm in the minority, I'll stay there
> happily.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
> [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of LaeMi Wang
> Sent: 01 April 2009 22:07
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] [SLED] Linden Lab Sells Second Life!
>
> -snip-
> more bitterness about the stretchy AVs prank
> -/snip-
>
> Okay. We get it already!
>
> Yes, the core devs probably should be more aware of how precious
> people's AVs
> are to them (there is a TON of research on this).
>
> But if someone's
>  business and family are so reliant on the functionality
> of
> the server why the hell are they running off CVS head!?!? real bugs far
> worse
> than this hit head almost weekly. That is what head is for.
>
> I only play in OS at present and even I keep a last-working-compile
> around
> until I have verified the new one is OK. Me thinks the user doth protest
> (far)
> too much.
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