"As anyone knows, for two similar products, increasing the value of one product will devalue the other. This is precisely what has happened to mainland, what LL has aknowledged in the past has happened, and now, by proxy of application of simple economics- LL has shown is a reason for this price change.
Linden Lab needs to stop lying and distorting about the true intent about this new policy."
Well, clearly no coincidence that Jack Linden runs both of these offerings and has a conflict of interest. What still bugs me is that private island owners are cross-subsidizing the Linden Lab land rental market and this has distracted Second Life from making better progress with its platform and confused its objectives. They should really break it out from the platform and let it sink or swim with the competition. We don't play in the land game directly at all, but are very impacted by it as it drives most of the SL economy (which according to LL is 67% up--ya).
SL Herald sees that Openspace
Sun, 11/02/2008 - 01:30 — RightAsRain RimbaudSL Herald sees that Openspace pricing manuveur was a ploy to drive people back to Linden Lab's sinking Mainland offerings:
"As anyone knows, for two similar products, increasing the value of one product will devalue the other. This is precisely what has happened to mainland, what LL has aknowledged in the past has happened, and now, by proxy of application of simple economics- LL has shown is a reason for this price change.
Linden Lab needs to stop lying and distorting about the true intent about this new policy."
Well, clearly no coincidence that Jack Linden runs both of these offerings and has a conflict of interest. What still bugs me is that private island owners are cross-subsidizing the Linden Lab land rental market and this has distracted Second Life from making better progress with its platform and confused its objectives. They should really break it out from the platform and let it sink or swim with the competition. We don't play in the land game directly at all, but are very impacted by it as it drives most of the SL economy (which according to LL is 67% up--ya).