Comments on: Linden Lab buys two commerce start-ups

The two will be combined into Xstreet SL, a Web-based marketplace for the buying and selling of goods for the virtual world Second Life.

[Vegaman_Dan]

Hasn't Second Life come and gone by now? Once it becomes popular, usually the people who made it what it is tend to leave and go on to the next project, leaving behind a withering shell of what once was great.

[KorbinKing]

Second Life has it's problems as does every other virtual world, but the one thing it has above all other worlds is the freedom to be and do anything that you want. With the exception of illegal activity and the recent banning of banks and casinos, there really is no limit. This kind of creative freedom is very attractive to the online community. The only things that could ever kill it are scalability issues (which Linden Labs battles every day) or a decision to restrict content.

OpenSim has also increased the potential of this type of world. If you don't like what you are getting from Linden Labs, you are free to go make your own world thanks to OpenSim. :)

[LLRoberts2009]

Waiting for 3rd Life...