As for the rest, yes, they did run out of VC cash allready.

Scion is the type of car made by Toyota. Right.

Nissan is another car company. OK, sorted.

blaze, your remarks are…touching.

“The lindens have zero impact these days on what content flies and what doesn’t. Apotheus, actually, is the guy to befriend and he’s set SLexchange up in such a way that his friendship can’t help.”

Well, SLB just put SLEX out of business simply by dropping commissions. Not sure if your sentence above is missing a “not” but I disagree. If Philip gets up on CNET and says, “companies are working with ESC and MOU,” he’s giving them free advertising and helping the old FIC-Linden nexus to succeed.

And Lindens constantly nod at things they like and don’t show up for things they don’t like. They subtly but very importantly push this or that by joining certain groups but not others, patting certain people on the head and not others in public meetings, etc. It’s all there, blaze – but I never see you logged in and present inworld anymore, are you still there?

>Right now, what makes you successful in SL are marketing, 3d design, and LSL programming, and good customer support skills. Being feted or friendly or even written up somewhere won’t help you a lick.

I tend to agree that only customer service matters. I think perhaps 2-3 of my tenants mentioned that they saw me in the Times; one as she was moving out lol. It might help in the long run to make a clipping book or something but most people just want value and service. As for marketing, however, don’t tell me that the WINDFALL of press coverage that ESC and MOU and people like Aimee or Anshe or Moopf have gotten specifically about their *content* didn’t help their sales. Of course it did, and then some.

I don’t even know anymore if LSL programming and 3D design help. That’s like saying, yes, a finely-hewn wheel-spoke, a tame horse, and a talented cobbler still matter when the superhighway with the Nissan on it already went up next door.

For me, as an artist, the choice is between creations made through passion, love, and artistic experimentation or corporate builds intended to sell things or ideas to me. I like seeing what people make – what they imagine and hold dear. I find individuals very interesting.

Wake up and smell the coffee, they are working on something big. Big enough to shut you all up about lag and boredom. Linden only just forgot to put their Busy Mode on. (yeah, yeah.. the busy mode has a bug, stfu)

In the SL context, I find it more than appropriate to take this cliche of “early adopter,” which is a tekkie jargonistic term, and change it to “early adapter” — people who got used to the steep learning curve of this tough sometimes brutal software.

Um, inflation isn’t running 30 percent or more, with price hikes of $400 plus. No, there’s always a hardy crew that spins every single thing that Kremlindenlab does to justify what they are doing.

This is one time you really can’t.

And P.S., read the other story I have below. They aren’t giving any timeline on outsourcing, despite all the hype.

Anyhow, haven’t you ever heard of inflation? Costs of hosting are bound to rise. When Linden Labs allows outsourcing of hosting sims, you can beat their price if you want.

Right now, what makes you successful in SL are marketing, 3d design, and LSL programming, and good customer support skills. Being feted or friendly or even written up somewhere won’t help you a lick.