Comments on: Fear and MS Loathing in Las Vegas http://radarmasukami.com/2008/07/21/fear-and-ms-loathing-in-las-vegas/ Radar Masukami of the SL Under the Radar podcast thinks out loud Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Radar http://radarmasukami.com/2008/07/21/fear-and-ms-loathing-in-las-vegas/#comment-225 Radar Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:27:50 +0000 http://radarmasukami.com/?p=249#comment-225 It's really just about platform. If OpenSim is going to become synonymous with interoperability with second life, it's important that it's built right, and the right players get involved. It's no mystery that sometimes Microsoft likes to come in and bend things to their will, whether for better or worse. And sometimes they do make things better. But their track record with open source platforms is spotty. The real issue is that you don't want any one vendor controlling a key component of your open source virtual world platform, nor do you want any one vendor pushing something into that standard that really borks it in the process. It’s really just about platform. If OpenSim is going to become synonymous with interoperability with second life, it’s important that it’s built right, and the right players get involved. It’s no mystery that sometimes Microsoft likes to come in and bend things to their will, whether for better or worse. And sometimes they do make things better. But their track record with open source platforms is spotty.

The real issue is that you don’t want any one vendor controlling a key component of your open source virtual world platform, nor do you want any one vendor pushing something into that standard that really borks it in the process.

]]> By: Lunette http://radarmasukami.com/2008/07/21/fear-and-ms-loathing-in-las-vegas/#comment-224 Lunette Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:26:38 +0000 http://radarmasukami.com/?p=249#comment-224 Unfortunately I have only the vaguest idea of what you are talking about. Unfortunately I have only the vaguest idea of what you are talking about.

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