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Archive for the “SLGA” category

Setting up a framework for a Python implementation of the Open Grid Protocol (technical)

by Christian Scholz on May 18, 2008

As you might know, the Open Grid Protocol which is worked on by the Architecture Working Group (which consists of people from Linden Lab and the Second Life community) is for virtual worlds what DataPortability is for Social Networks these (…)

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Linden Lab drops the application for the TM of the term “Grid” and renames SLGOGP to OGP

by Christian Scholz on May 13, 2008

Good news, everybody! First of all there was an application for the trademark for the word “Grid” from Linden Lab (as massively reported) which according to Zero Linden (Mark Lentczner) now was abandoned. Reasons for this was apparently that the (…)

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TopfCast #005: Devilsticks at sprints

by Christian Scholz on April 3, 2008

The Podcast Download as MP3 (66,2 MB, 1:13:14) How to reach me? E-Mail: mrtopf@gmail.com Shownotes Sorrento Sprint 2008, my Sorrento Sprint report Marketing Failure at T-Mobile: The initial letter to Engadget, The Engadget Mobile reactionData Portability Working Group, Robert Scoble (…)

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Data Portability and Second Life (technical, but no code)

by Christian Scholz on March 21, 2008

There are two groups in which I am active these days: The DataPortability Project and the Second Life Grid Architecture Working Group (SLGAWG, we need a better name, I agree ;-) ). The former is trying to provide policies and (…)

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SLGA: Linden Lab releases Capabilities Server as Open Source (technical)

by Christian Scholz on March 19, 2008

Linden Lab released their capabilities server under an MIT license yesterday. It is written in Python and available as part of the mulib package (trac view here) which was released as Open Source earlier. The capabilities server is one of (…)

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Second Life Grid Architecture Working Group Meeting 2

by Christian Scholz on March 19, 2008

Today the second meeting of the Second Life Grid Architecture Working Group happened. This group (of which I am part of and which is open to everybody to participate) is working on protocol to interconnect Second Life Grids. The outcome (…)

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Linden Lab releases first draft of the Second Life Open Grid Protocol

by Christian Scholz on March 11, 2008

On September 13th 2007 Linden Lab started a project to create an open protocol for interconnecting Second Life like grids. The aim was to a) make Second Life more scalable and b) to enable everybody to run their own server (…)

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TopfCast #004: What is Data Portability?

by Christian Scholz on March 8, 2008

The Podcast Download as extended podcast (m4a, 46MB, 50:01) Download as MP3 (46MB, 50:01) How to reach me? E-Mail: mrtopf@gmail.com Shownotes Data Portability Working Group Notes and Recording from the DP phone conference San Francisco Meetup March 20th Second Life (…)

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SLGA: Capabilities explained (technical)

by Christian Scholz on December 19, 2007

One of the building blocks of the open metaverse Linden Lab is going to build via the open Second Life Grid Architecture Working Group are the so-called “Capabilities”. These are even in use already in the existing Second Life Grid (…)

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Interconnecting virtual worlds

by Christian Scholz on December 12, 2007

Yesterday there have been some sessions about games and virtual worlds at the Le Web 3 conference which is going on right now in Paris. The last panel actually was about economy in virtual worlds but there also has been (…)

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