[sldev] Opening the server source?

[Matthew Dowd]

> Kelly said it pretty well. Someone else creating the backend services
> is a concern. Once sim source is in hand, a rival grid is an exciting
> project if there's currently no other way to use the sim source. If we
> release *after* we're ready to take on third-party sims, rival grids
> might be about as exciting a project as those third-party alternative
> DNS networks. They're good to have around, but hopefully they're just
> there to keep us honest and playing nicely as we try to be the
> mainstream grid.

Actually I think there are some other issues than just third party sims that LL would need to address to mitigate the risk of loosing residents to a competitor who had recreated the backend servers and were running their own grid. If someone did offer a alternative grid with a backend asset server architecture which supported user backups without breaking the permissions systems (using for instance some of the ideas in jira), managed to address some of the scalabilitty/performance issues, offered 24/7 support with minimal waiting queues, and offered an import mechanism of full permission scripts/prims between LL grid and their grid, I think they would give LL a run for their money at the moment.

On the other hand, OpenSim is moving slowly but steadily some I think this scenario is a matter of when rather than if, so it will be interesting to see how LL can transition from running the SL Grid to the SL Grid equivalent of ICANN...

Matthew
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