Much of our success in this period can be attributed to the unstinting efforts of Tofu and Aimee, who have really done amazing work in the last few weeks.
We at Linden Lab made a corporate decision back in the spring to close down our entire presence in the UK; all UK-based Lindens were affected, with varying timing. This means that Tofu and Aimee will be no longer be Lindens after Thursday. Shakes head. This is pathetic. One wonders when they were told. What should be foremost for the Snowstorm project is to give the developer community a sense of belonging, of a team, and to have ample reason to spend their cycles contributing here. .. Because, after all, there are a variety of venues where a talented dev can contribute to the viewer. LL is not the only game in town, and that is a good thing. In my mind, this is another in a series of roadblocks to success. It leaves a bad taste in the mouths of.. well, I can speak for me.. I wont speak for the community. Another big roadblock is Oz... the guy was only at LL for 3 months before announcing "no 1.x UI" at SLCC. Why is someone with next to no SL experience in such a key role, determining much of the outcome of the viewer? He has next to no history - the community does. It is Tofu and Aimee that should be allowed to work remotely, and it is Oz that should be in a role where his heavy handedness does not become a roadblock to success. The trends are very clear to me. The 1.x and 2.x codebases cannot compete with something like Unity (in 2 years, they would still not be close to where a potential Unity 2.6 foundation would be, if started today). A 3.x codebase with full plugin support from day 1 might have a chance. All roads are leading to OpenSim + Unity client. Tofu and Aimee, thanks for your adept efforts. You will be missed. Daniel
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