News in Brief

 

There's a lot going on, but not so much time to write about it.

 

Of the Firestorm update we wrote about on Monday morning, it would finally be released later that afternoon. You can read details in the Firestorm blog. 

 

Almost overlooked, earlier this month Linden Lab would announce the transfer of the ownership of Tilia to Thunes was now completed.  

 

And a few days ago, Linden Lab would announce that the six months of free Madpea Unlimited was almost up.  

 

Lab Gab: Oberwolf Explains The Sale of Tilia

 

 

 In a special episode of Lab Gab on Friday April 26, Strawberry Linden interviewed Oberwolf Linden, the Executive Chairman of Linden Lab, about the recent announcement that Linden Lab was selling Tilia. 

So why is the Lab selling Tilia? In short, money. He explained it was "costing us millions and millions of dollars to run it." While bringing in other online places brought in some revenue, it wasn't enough to cover it's costs. So he was looking for someone to buy it, under some conditions, "The number one criteria was would they continue to support Second Life. ... That was more important than anything else I looked at. The second criteria was what could that company bring to Tilia that we could bring to Second Life." He was soon introduced to the CEO of Thunes, and in just twenty one days, "which is lightning fast and shows a few things," they were able to make a deal. It still needs Federal approval, which could take some time. 

More information is in the Youtube.

Bixyl Shuftan