Comments on: Lindens Allowing Your Own Server to Grid? http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/ VTOR - Virtual TO Reality, featuring Second Life Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:17:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tao Takashi http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/comment-page-1/#comment-9590 Tao Takashi Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:29:24 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/#comment-9590 I am just wondering if other VWs really will go that way with decentralized servers.. We all know it's the way to got but right now it seems to me that most companies are more good in creating new barriers than opening something up.. with having that sort of infrastructure the question for revenue is also an important one. And regarding web servers this more came from a non business area so they could be more open than businesses can be I'd think. But we will see... As for hosting your own sim I'd say that this involves some IP rights issues with scripts coming to that sim depending on the setup. So I wonder if that really can be true (of course if it is true then it's probably done with some bigger companies and hopefully with contracts which don't allow them to access content coming to "their" sims (something in which such companies are probably not interested in anyway)). For opening it up for a broader mass it might be more problematic. But it's all rumours now anyway. I am just wondering if other VWs really will go that way with decentralized servers.. We all know it’s the way to got but right now it seems to me that most companies are more good in creating new barriers than opening something up.. with having that sort of infrastructure the question for revenue is also an important one.

And regarding web servers this more came from a non business area so they could be more open than businesses can be I’d think.

But we will see…

As for hosting your own sim I’d say that this involves some IP rights issues with scripts coming to that sim depending on the setup. So I wonder if that really can be true (of course if it is true then it’s probably done with some bigger companies and hopefully with contracts which don’t allow them to access content coming to “their” sims (something in which such companies are probably not interested in anyway)). For opening it up for a broader mass it might be more problematic.

But it’s all rumours now anyway.

]]> By: Weirdharold http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/comment-page-1/#comment-9589 Weirdharold Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:35:58 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/#comment-9589 <p>Good catch csven, I missed that link all together. </p> <p>I did go to the <a href="http://www.media.mit.edu/events/movies/video.php?id=ibmvw-2007-06-15-3" rel="nofollow">MIT Media Lab archive page</a> and watched the archive of Mitch speaking at the <i>Where Business, Society, Technology & Policy Converge </i> last Friday. I found the video well worth the time to watch and will be digging into the full archives of the event. </p> <p>Mitch did say the things that were directly quoted in the article, but nothing about allowing private servers.... at least not yet anyway.... although he does leave one to believe that would be happening in the future.... "as soon as is possible" I believe were his words.</p> Good catch csven, I missed that link all together.

I did go to the MIT Media Lab archive page and watched the archive of Mitch speaking at the Where Business, Society, Technology & Policy Converge last Friday. I found the video well worth the time to watch and will be digging into the full archives of the event.

Mitch did say the things that were directly quoted in the article, but nothing about allowing private servers…. at least not yet anyway…. although he does leave one to believe that would be happening in the future…. “as soon as is possible” I believe were his words.

]]> By: Ian Lamont http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/comment-page-1/#comment-9588 Ian Lamont Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:09:25 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/#comment-9588 I was at the conference. This came up during the Q&A. My conference notes read: Talks about future developments for LL. Mitch cites people being able to write their own TOS and using their own servers -- "A lot of issues" about accordance start to go away Alludes to forces of open source ... "If the company doesn't do it, it will wind up being crushed." "We have to get there at the same time or sooner than everyone else in this." Joey Seilor wrote up a more complete transcript of Kapor's speech, which is available here: http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/06/liveblogging_mi_1.html I've also commented on Kapor's speech as it relates to press criticism and his comparisons of virtual worlds and early PC technolgy adoption: http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5716 I was at the conference. This came up during the Q&A. My conference notes read:

Talks about future developments for LL. Mitch cites people being able to write their own TOS and using their own servers — “A lot of issues” about accordance start to go away

Alludes to forces of open source … “If the company doesn’t do it, it will wind up being crushed.”

“We have to get there at the same time or sooner than everyone else in this.”

Joey Seilor wrote up a more complete transcript of Kapor’s speech, which is available here:

http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/06/liveblogging_mi_1.html

I’ve also commented on Kapor’s speech as it relates to press criticism and his comparisons of virtual worlds and early PC technolgy adoption:

http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5716

]]> By: Dobre VAnbrugh http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/comment-page-1/#comment-9587 Dobre VAnbrugh Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:55:15 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/#comment-9587 I've heard before that it can be something to expect in the future... where 3rd parties can host sims, entire virtual spaces and communities and parties like LL distribute the DNS (and gets paid for this). Makes sense to me. But never heard of 3rd party servers that are already attached to the SL Grid. I’ve heard before that it can be something to expect in the future… where 3rd parties can host sims, entire virtual spaces and communities and parties like LL distribute the DNS (and gets paid for this). Makes sense to me. But never heard of 3rd party servers that are already attached to the SL Grid.

]]> By: mush http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/comment-page-1/#comment-9586 mush Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:44:19 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/#comment-9586 Actually, the InfoWeek article does include the paragraph at the end of the article. Actually, the InfoWeek article does include the paragraph at the end of the article.

]]> By: csven http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/comment-page-1/#comment-9585 csven Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:52:28 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/#comment-9585 The link at the bottom of the Daily Galaxy post goes back to InfoWeek which doesn't say that. I think Daily Galaxy is confusing the client with the server. The link at the bottom of the Daily Galaxy post goes back to InfoWeek which doesn’t say that. I think Daily Galaxy is confusing the client with the server.

]]> By: csven http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/comment-page-1/#comment-9584 csven Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:46:38 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/#comment-9584 First I've heard of it. Interesting though not surprising. First I’ve heard of it. Interesting though not surprising.

]]> By: z3rr0 Zeluco http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/comment-page-1/#comment-9583 z3rr0 Zeluco Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:18:17 +0000 http://www.vtoreality.com/2007/lindens-allowing-your-own-server-to-grid/1137/#comment-9583 Interesting development. This could be just what they need... decentralization is the key to the future of the platform. Interesting development. This could be just what they need… decentralization is the key to the future of the platform.

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