IBM's virtual pioneer
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| Irving Wladawsky-Berger has overseen IBM's efforts to catch waves
| that have swept over the computing industry--e-commerce, Linux
| open-source software, grid computing.
|
| [...]
|
| ...I have been playing a strong role in helping us start our 3D Internet
| and virtual-world efforts. We are launching a new EBO in this area in
| January--that is, emerging business opportunity--much like we did with
| Linux and grid (computing).
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http://news.com.com/2008-1023_3-6144122.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
I atteneed his lecture earlier this year. He loves Linux; he didn't mention
the words "Windows" or "Microsoft" even once. He did mention Slashdot a lot,
so the community plays a role.
Related:
Second Life and Open Source
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| Each "sim" or simulator of a portion of the virtual world in Second
| Life is created on a server running Debian GNU/Linux, Apache, Squid
| and MySQL; currently there are several thousand of these PC boxes.
| To allow for fast response times, the virtual world is sent not as
| pixels or even as a mesh, but as a series of 3D primitives -
| "prims". The Second Life client creates the world by converting
| the stream of information about prims and their position into
| a visual representation.
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http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/214426/f26072fc04884906/
Why We Need an Open Source Second Life
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| Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life, is very open-source friendly.
| Its computing infrastructure is based on thousands of servers running
| GNU/Linux, Apache, Squid and MySQL.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000133
'Second Life' hits second million in eight weeks
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| It took the virtual world Second Life more than three years to
| finally hit one million registered accounts.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10797_3-6143909.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
World only needs seven computers
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| IBM founder Thomas J. Watson couldn't add up: it was seven
| computers the world would need, not five. That's the contrarian
| view of Sun chief technology officer Greg Papadopoulos. He thinks
| there will just seven hyperscale, pan-global broadband computing
| services giants.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=7529
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