I've been playing EVE.
Their servers crash, too.
As for the Labs...
They'll hike the price, somebody else will kiss their ass, love it for a while, get the price hiked themselves, go somewhere else, rinse, repeat, reuse, recycle.
I truly hope one of the other grids takes off. I wouldn't drop another penny in the Linden pool if it made all their dreams come true.
Not even the quiet dream of nothing more than a pony. Not a penny for a pony.
Way to keep pricing people out of your club, jackasses. You know, it'll be very expensive when you hire Lindens simply to populate the islands, run business meetings, etc. Like Skype with lag and blinginization.
oh, and you can fly.