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"This effort is supported by Microsoft and attributed to the following
groups:
www.sldnug.net The .NET Developers User Group
www.itprosinsl.net TechNet Virtual User Group"

Is .net the way to go?

http://www.gnu.org/software/dotgnu/danger.html

"Microsoft also warned today that the era of ''open computing,'' the
free exchange of digital information that has defined the personal
computer industry, is ending.", New York Times, July 25, 2002=20

The hostility of the Opensim  to the GPL and it's embrace of .net do not
bode well for the future of the project.

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Jani Pirkola <jpirkola at gmail.com>
wrote:

I would love to see more competitions like this! I am excited to see the
outcome too - the contest is about visualizing voltage meter reading -
who visualizes or uses it the best or most interesting way..

ReactionGrid announces contest to win a hosted virtual world for a year
<http://www.cybertechnews.org/?p=3D1556>=20

That is Opensim. Anyone starting a contest to win a hosted realXtend
world?

Best regards,
Jani

_______________________________________________
Opensim-users mailing list
Opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
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The three owners of ReactionGrid, myself, Kyle and Robin =
Gomboy,
are not employed by Microsoft, but we have good contacts and relations =
with several
Microsoft employees. Our background is that we have run the .NET user =
group and
the TechNet group on Microsoft Island on Second Life for the past 18 =
months or
so as unpaid volunteers, and we started looking at OpenSim a year ago =
after
some less-than-desirable experiences on the LL grid when running an =
event.<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

We run our grid, ReactionGrid, on MS software because it =
is a
platform we are comfortable with and believe in and it’s where our
skillsets lie (I’ve been a developer for over 10 years almost =
exclusively
on the Microsoft platform). ReactionGrid is not owned by Microsoft, they =
have
some sims on our grid, and they pay for an island on the LL grid that we =
look
after as volunteers for the community. <o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

As for GNU vs BSD, I’m not even starting to get =
involved. If
you don’t like .NET, fine, other platforms are =
available.<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> =
opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
[mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] <b>On Behalf Of =
</b>lamont
cranston<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 12 April 2009 16:07<br>
<b>To:</b> opensim-users at lists.berlios.de<br>
<b>Cc:</b> realxtend<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Opensim-users] Win a sim competition announced by
ReactionGrid<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>From the about =
page;<br>
<br>
"<span class=3Dstyle4>This effort is supported by Microsoft and =
attributed
to the following groups:</span><br>
<span class=3Dstyle4><a =
href=3D"http://www.sldnug.net">www.sldnug.net</a> The .NET
Developers User Group</span><br>
<span class=3Dstyle4><a =
href=3D"http://www.itprosinsl.net">www.itprosinsl.net</a>
TechNet Virtual User Group"</span><br>
<br>
<span class=3Dstyle4>Is .net the way to go?</span><br>
<br>
<span class=3Dstyle4><a =
href=3D"http://www.gnu.org/software/dotgnu/danger.html">http://www.gnu.or=
g/software/dotgnu/danger.html</a></span><br>
<br>
<span class=3Dstyle4>"</span>Microsoft also warned today that the =
era of
''open computing,'' the free exchange of digital information that has =
defined
the personal computer industry, is ending.", New York Times, July =
25, 2002
<br>
<br>
The hostility of the Opensim  to the GPL and it's embrace of .net =
do not
bode well for the future of the project.<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal>On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Jani Pirkola =
<<a
href=3D"mailto:jpirkola at gmail.com">jpirkola at gmail.com</a>> =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>

I would love to see =
more
competitions like this! I am excited to see the outcome too - the =
contest is
about visualizing voltage meter reading - who visualizes or uses it the =
best or
most interesting way..<o:p></o:p>

<h2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><a
href=3D"http://www.cybertechnews.org/?p=3D1556" =
target=3D"_blank">ReactionGrid
announces contest to win a hosted virtual world for a =
year</a></span><o:p></o:p></h2>

That is Opensim. =
Anyone
starting a contest to win a hosted realXtend world? 
 
Best regards, 
Jani 
 
_______________________________________________ 
Opensim-users mailing list 
<a =
href=3D"mailto:Opensim-users at lists.berlios.de">Opensim-users at lists.berlio=
s.de</a> 
<a href=3D"https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users"
target=3D"_blank">https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users=
</a><o:p></o:p>

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