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Re: An open letter to the Lindens

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Here's a break-down of what I replied to.
"OpenSim is the unwanted bastard child of Linden Labs and they just wish it would go away, "
This statement says nothing about code, and is wholly applicible to the fact that opensim is reproduced by the protocol.

Yes, Talla, my friend, that does make opensim "a bastard child." -one parent is the protocol, the other parent is the libsecondlife project. The Opensim project is a quite literal bastard project.

"also you speak of 'What OpenSim has now'
Opensim has everything that is wrong with Second LIfe and then some, "
Again, this is true; ignoring the opensim-specific bugs (the "and then some") there are many technical arguments that can be made against the platform, a couple of important ones
1)It uses huge amounts of bandwidth
2)It uses assets ineffeciently compared to other games/platforms

"it depends
on 10 year old technology that simply doesnt scale well, "
Another argument which is absolutely true; while the secondlife protocol is not entirely ten years old, it's essentially unchanged from what it was, adding only some assets and minor features.

The protocol is 12 years old, and showing its' age -particularly now that everyone has moved to tablets.

"which in this
fast paced obsolete-by-the-minute world is absolutely archaic,"
absolutely true.

Now, the post addresses opensim:
"and [opensim]
still isnt out of Alpha, [opensim is] still full of bugs, [opensim] development is hampered by
constant infighting[,] lack of common direction, selfishness and the
occasional sabotage. "

All of which are laughably (as in "if you don't laugh, you'll cry") true -as anyone with even a superficial knowledge of the project's recent history is all too aware of.


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