Working with Kimberly Rufer-Bach's firm The Magicians, I very recently
participated in migrating a relatively complex educational business simulation
from Second Life to an out-of-the box latest-version OpenSim private
grid.<br>
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We did encounter several minor issues, for most of which workarounds
were developed. Beyond those, though, the platform meets the needs of
the simulation and bodes well for implementations similar in functional
complexity, script load, and messaging density.<br>
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This project mandates text chat for the purposes of logging,
searchability, and later review and analysis, so voice chat was not
explored.<br>
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OpenSim appears to offer a capable platform for quite complex scripted
applications - educators and non-profits should definitely consider it
as an option.<br><br>Moundsa<br><br><br>