User:Ursula Matova

Hi all,

Just to introduce myself shortly :

I'm french, 38yo, living in Paris, working as a System Engineer, Database Administrator, ...

Now working as a Performance Tester ( with LoadRunner ) for a huge "electronic document management" project.

I have been employed by the following companies in France :

• Cerene Services (1995-1998),
• IBM (1998-2000),
• SEMA Group (2000-2002),
• SchlumbergerSema (2002-2004),
• ATOS Origin (2004-now),

I'm playing with OpenSim for more than one year. Initially, I was looking for a free alternative to SecondLife.

Why ?

• I'm not at all interrested in the business side of S/L, and with the new VAT tax they apply for european citizen, playing S/L is really a luxury,
• I'm very frustrated about the poor S/L performances some days,
• I'm very frustrated about LSL limits,
• I'm also disappointed in some meetings with some players who really had no education at all.

So :

• OpenSim is the best alternative I've found around,
• It's the most dynamic development team I ever found,
• Everybody is working hard ( developing & testing & helping ... ),
• OpenSim is growing so fast, an new functions are added every days.
• The ability to add your own modules is also a "must" :)

I'm not at all a developer ( especially in C# ), but I've started to try to customize some LSL functions to be able to bypass some limits ( for example the 10m limit for rezzing an object - llRezObject ).

Here are computers I'm using at home for my testing activities in the OpenSim project :

• Windows 2003 Server on a Pentium4 3.2GHz based computer - for running S/L Viewer,
• MacOSX on a Dual G4 800MHz - for remotely managing my unix servers thru SSH,
• Linux ( Linux From Scratch, Debian 4.0, Ubuntu, ... ) on an Athlon64 X2 4400+ 4GB Ram - for running OpenSim server,

As of the beginning of August, I start renting my first Dedibox ( Dedicated & Outsourced server ). As it wasn't powerfull enough, I got a new one at the begining of September :)

• Dedibox #1 : Via C7 2GHz 1GB Ram based server,
• Dedibox #2 : Intel Core2 duo T7200 3GB Ram based server,

So, I'm the proud owner of Sorohna, a 25 Regions grid. I haven't advertise yet, but it's open to everybody for testing & playing.

Feel free to drop me an EMail : ursula.matova@klintcentral.net

I don't think I'll increase the number of Regions on my grid, because it's large enough :) My plans are to continue playing with scripting ( LSL and maybe C# ), build a nice virtual world for my friends & myself, maybe in the future contribute to the OpenSim project, ...

I may also join the OsGrid project, and connect my server to that grid, BUT I'd like to keep the control of my inventory, so, it's only plans :)

One last word : "Ursula" is not my real name, it's my S/L Avatar Name :P

And please forgive me, my english is so poor. :S