"When Google enters your market, it makes you look twice. We say, wow, look who’s here. We were pleased it validated our market. The world realizes that this is real and has great potential. There is no impact on our business."

– Mark Kingdon, VentureBeat, "Q&A: Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon on Second Life's latest evolution"

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

• Prediction: Apple opens a store in Second Life
• Prediction: Second Life usage will not break 40 million user hours per month by the end of 2008
• Analysis: Sony's PS3 Home timeline goes from bad to worse
• Analysis: Spore growing by 1 million+ creations per day
• Linden Lab positions Second Life as cost-effective telepresence