/me nods in agreement...
"The great broadsword wielded by Linden Labs cuts both ways! "
The new technical roadblock impedes traffic coming and going. By eliminating dual-use of the viewer, tens of thousands of avid OpenSim virtual world enthusiasts will experience more difficulty logging into Second Life.
The primary losers in this blood match:
1. Those of us who keep 2 instances (or more) of the same viewer open in both OpenSim and Second Life.
2. Those of us who go back and forth a few times per day between OpenSim and Second Life activities.
Linden Labs may think they are "retaining players" by simply "making it more difficult for SL users to escape to OpenSim", but the real world result of their action is actually yet another impediment to thousands of vital stalwart dual-world power users and talented creators.