[Opensim-users] ReactionGrid Releases Open Source Groups Functionality for OpenSimulator

[John "Pathfinder" Lester]

The purpose of a Press Release *can* be a stupid and empty marketing
ploy.  Unfortunately, many companies do that kind of thing.  So I
understand how some folks might have aggressive antibodies against any
email that begins with those words.

That said, my purpose in posting the Press Release was to share what I
think is relevant and interesting news with a community of pioneering
users.  Many users have asked us for Group functionality, our code is
stable enough for a production environment, and we're releasing our
code as open source because we want to help the entire Opensim
community grow.

As for the more technical questions about our implementation, I'l
defer to Chris Hart (ReactionGrid's CTO) who can fill folks in on
those details.  I'll ask her to post here shortly.

-John

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John Lester
Director, Community Development
ReactionGrid
http://reactiongrid.com

Mobile: 617 910 0386 | Twitter: @Pathfinder
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divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the
vast and endless sea.”  -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry




On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC
<paul.villano at us.army.mil> wrote:
> Pathfinder has the spirit of a pioneer and in his blog and his creation of the "Adventurers Club" and a lot of other ventures he lets this pioneer spirit shine through.  He may not have even known about the other group modules.  I didn't.  In fact, I'm still waiting to get my question answered whether since his solution is Windows based whether I can use it on a Mac.  But the bottom line is that I believe his contribution was not a business venture but a sincere note of excitement as a pioneer as we're all traversing new territory.  To use his analogy of pioneers, if the chuckwagons are going across the desert, I don't think anyone cares if the person who brings water has a commercial label on it or if there are other water sources as well we didn't know about.
>
> The whole Opensim/Reaction grid thing is an attempt at wayfinding for solutions.  His is one.  Instead of attacking (maybe being too sensitive to the landlords of the lands we're leaving) let's not over-react to fellow list members and question their motives unless there is an outright sales pitch or "check our prices" line involved.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marcus Alexander Link <manupool at gmail.com>
> Date: Friday, December 3, 2010 3:26
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] ReactionGrid Releases Open Source Groups Functionality for OpenSimulator
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
>
>
>> Fleep,
>>
>> I believe you are well informed about your topic, Second Life -
>> OpenSimulator and
>> assume you read the related blogs, that you are regularly visiting the
>> related news sites like http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/ -
>> where a "Press release" should be send to.
>>
>> Most of the participants and contributors of this list don't write a
>> press release about every commitment they do.
>> If they would, the mailinglist would clearly become just another
>> marketing channel - and therefore useless to deliver
>> support for people who have questions and are in need of support.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Marcus A. Link
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 4:41 AM, Fleep Tuque < wrote:
>> > Not to be too pointed, but I thought this was the "opensim-users" listserv,
>> > not the "opensim-noncommercialonlyusers" listserv.
>> > In order for opensim to continue to grow into a robust and diverse
>> > community, it's vitally important that there be communication channels for
>> > sharing information between all users - for profit and not, educational and
>> > private, personal and corporate.  If that isn't this list then someone
>> > should make one, because it would be a shame if someone who has valuable
>> > information doesn't post because it's perceived as unwelcome.
>> > There's always the delete key if you don't like a particular post, but it
>> > sure seems to me that an opensource project should welcome announcements
>> > like "hey we developed this thing and we're going to contribute it back to
>> > the community", regardless of the source.
>> > Respectfully,
>> > - Chris/Fleep
>> >
>> > Chris M. Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque)
>> > Project Manager, UC Second Life
>> > Second Life Ambassador, Ohio Learning Network
>> > UCit Instructional & Research Computing
>> > University of Cincinnati
>> > 406E Zimmer Hall
>> > PO Box 210088
>> > Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088
>> > (513)556-3018
>> > chris.collins at uc.edu
>> > UC Second Life:   http://homepages.uc.edu/secondlife
>> > OLN Second Life: http://www.oln.org/emerging_technologies/emtech.php
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Marcus Alexander Link <
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> There are lots of people contributing to opensim,
>> >>
>> >> most of them are volunteering, contributing their efforts - their time -
>> >> delivering free support to people who have questions, and are not
>> >> writing a press release about everything they do.
>> >> Press releases as Lester posted are 'using the effort', the work
>> >> volunteers contributed (free support for instance) through this list,
>> >> for the benefit of that company (ReactionGrid).
>> >>
>> >> Btw, there are already other group modules.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Marcus A. Link
>> >> (Fim Fischer in SL)
>> >> http://www.manupool.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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