[opensource-dev] Introduction

Frans frans at thevesuviusgroup.com
Tue May 18 22:16:01 PDT 2010


Hey Scott,

Welcome aboard! Love the skateboard, it makes me think you are more of a
west coast/Californian at heart?  That is something LL has been losing,
regardless where your heart lies, you seem to  be a great addition to the
Lab! :)

Looking forward to hearing more from you in the future.

-Frans

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) <
oz at lindenlab.com> wrote:

> This is just a quick note to introduce myself - I'm Scott Lawrence, and
> this week I've become Oz Linden.  I've just started at Linden Lab as the
> Director of Open Development.
>
> I'm a long time open source user and developer - for the last ~7 years
> I've been leading the sipXecs SIP PBX project
> <http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/sipXecs>
>
> My new role here is to expand and improve the open source viewer
> program.  I hope to get to know most of you well, and to hear your
> thoughts on how Linden Lab and the open source community can work better
> together.
>
> I'm also heading up the Applied Engineering team with the mission of
> making our sustaining activities for the viewer even more responsive to
> the needs of our Residents, and I hope that part of that will be
> achieved by accelerating the incorporation of the good work of open
> source contributors.
>
> I'm based in the Boston office, which will give you some idea of when
> I'm most likely to be awake.
>
> I am very much aware that I've taken on a big job, and that there's much
> to do - I'm going to be looking to you to help me set my agenda.  Please
> understand that I'm sending this note on my second day as an employee -
> I have not yet finished all my new-hire paperwork, and it will take me
> some time to get up to speed; please bear with me.
>
> Outside work, I play billiards in the APA <http://www.poolplayer.org/>,
> and ride my electric skateboard (if you've got a Facebook account, you
> can see a very short ride
> <http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1435574887089>). (I rode it
> today from the train station to the office).
>
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-- 
Jeroen Frans
Virtual World Technology Specialist.
VesuviusGroup.com
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