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Our goal is to win

Aug 31 2009

When asked if Microsoft has achieved all it wanted to with the Xbox 360, Kim gave a swift “no” to OXM’s interviewer, “because the generation isn’t over, and we’re not winning yet,” he said.
”Our goal is to win, always has been” CVG

Through the console wars so far, no console vendor has actually ‘won’. Even when there’s been a clear leader, competition has been stiff, even fierce. Certainly strong enough to fuel competition moving forward into the next generation.

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2ndMe Launches Final Version and Offers Free SL Export 1 comment(s)
Fangs or GTFO 17 comment(s)
The golden rule of arts and sciences 22 comment(s)
Convalescence 11 comment(s)
Linden Lab rejects Qarl’s prim-alignment tool 64 comment(s)
How to: Get and install the Mektek Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries release, and get it to actually work 15 comment(s)
Qarl turns back on Lab rejection, “the code is open” 6 comment(s)
Project Skylight, the Web-based viewer for Second Life now on the Web 27 comment(s)
Second Life viewer 1.23 disappears due to upcoming incompatible inventory protocol change 9 comment(s)
Another alt-detector on the Second Life Marketplace 23 comment(s)

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New graph: Median Second Life user concurrency

Aug 30 2009

I’ve added a new graph to the bottom of the Second Life statistics page. It’s median user-concurrency for Second Life charted over the last 365 days.

The tall spike in the middle looks like a bit of an anomaly. I’ll investigate that in the data. Would a longer period be useful? Are there variant graphs that people are interested in seeing?

Yes, it’s true

Aug 29 2009

You might have heard that I retired from NCI (New Citizens Incorporated) earlier in the week. Yes, it’s true. I had intended to keep that relatively quiet to avoid influencing anyone else’s choices, but word has this way of getting around.

It’s been a good long run and I’ve been active in NCI longer than any other single person, I believe. There’s some handover stuff to do, but maybe now I’ll have the time to work on some of those big creative projects that I’ve had on hold for so long.

Why not tell the truth?

Aug 28 2009

I’m told that I’m something of an idealist. If I ask a question, I expect to get the truth as an answer. How hard is that? Actually, contrary to the-world-according-to-sitcoms, getting honest answers isn’t all that uncommon. Unless you’re dealing with a company, rather than a person.

What I’m particularly tired of is when a company makes a decision about a product or a service that I won’t like, and then lies to me about why or how the decision is good for me.

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