Kingdon: I think, it tells you two things. One is that it's definitely promising, right? But, it's also very hard, and it takes a lot of commitment and dedication to get it right. So, I don't think that Lively's departure is an invalidation of the market. I think, it's just recognition that, yeah, there is promise [and] a lot of hard work.
And I think Google made the right decision and said, "We need to kind of stick to our knitting in this economic downturn, in this climate, and focus our resources on some of our core properties," which is quite natural.
Industry Standard: Last question: If I come back to you one year from now, and you go over the accomplishments and things that you've done for Linden Life and Second Life, what are the things that you will want to tell me at that time?
Kingdon: Growth in the active user base, I'll want to talk about that. I'll want to talk about platform stability. I'll want to talk about relevance, how we're making ourselves relevant in specific areas, specific markets.
I'll want to talk to you about the enterprise market, where I see it going. I'll want to talk about international markets. Those are the things that we'll definitely be able to talk about.
And I want to see growth internationally. I want to see growth in our active user base and in the in world economy. Just grow users and hopefully the economy comes along with it.
And I want to make sure that the investments we're making in the platform are contributing to platform stability, scalability, more reliability. I want to make sure that we're relevant in our international markets.
Industry Standard: If you talk about growth in the user base in terms of active monthly users or total concurrent users, what's a number that you are aiming for?
Kingdon: I'm not going to put a number out there, but we definitely have numbers inside the company, our numbers we're working really hard against.
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Intresting questions and answers
Ask any secondlife resident these same questions and you will not get the pre packaged answers.
You will get The Truth.
Searching for the address of Linden Lab's office in Brighton(UK) I came across this article.
Mark Kingdon's talks about users experience is far from complete. What really happened is that a lot of users , that were willing to invest a lot of money and time in Second Life, lost total faith in Linden Lab since October 2008. Mark Kingdon dares nothing to say about the impact that the price and policy change had and has for users that invested in virtual land. If rising monthly fees with 67% is a new industry standard or showing appreciation to high investing users then I wonder what Linden Lab really stands for.
If you want the real story about Linden Lab and Second Life then I suggest you come online into Second Life and talk to the users. Talk about their experience and talk especially to the ones that were affected by the price and policy change on Open Space Sims. I am sure you will get a total different story then Mark Kingdon wants you to believe.
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