FlipperPA Peregrine

I had the pleasure of meeting Babbage in person twice on two separate trips to England. On the first, we visited the London Museum of Science... and saw the Clock of the Long Now, and the Babbage Difference Engine. Really nice, friendly guy. Also incredibly sharp... like, scary scary smart. He's actually a PhD in Comp Sci.

He'll be hired within a week if he wants to be. He and Cory are still tight. Those two really drove some innovative tech. My enthusiasm continues to wane as we head towards Habbo for grown-ups.

Regards,

-Flip

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Ciaran Laval

Couldbe beat me to it, I should stop trying to post breaking news!

FlipperPA Peregrine

Fuck, she one of the nicest people on the planet, and a damn good friend of mine.

Reality Control

Brent had been there forever too, hadn't he?

Evie

This is actually pretty scary, I cant help wanting to say "if only they had never messed with search...." But thats me being all nostalgic.

I am sorry for those that have lost their jobs, what makes me a little anxious about this is the fact that we are meant to be coming out of the doom and gloom of a bad economy yet LL are just "Hitting" that period? Bear in mind I am a little blonde so I dont get all the politics But still, scary times If I still had sims and stuff I would hate to read this but then I believed the Chicken Little story when I was 5

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"And now I'm going to show you something really cool."


The previous is a cybernetic datum published - in direct contravention of DoD Regulation #229RR3X3 - as being conducive to the physical, psychological and/or social well-being of the population.

FlipperPA Peregrine

Jeff Linden is still there. Rumors of his demise have been greatly exaggerated.

moe

damn this sucks. guess putting myself in inworldz just incase was a good idea.

Casper Priestman

That line makes me ill, we've been telling them all along what *we want*, but I think that's a reference to the type of client they're hoping to attract, people who don't expect much and are willing to pay to get exactly that...not much.

On another front...who else would like to see Ciera booby whip M Linden into oblivion?

Brenda Connolly

Anybody care to help me rearrange the deck chairs?

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Persephone Milk

I am very sorry to see Mia let go. She is an absolute sweetheart.

Babbage is still showing up in search.

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Brenda Connolly

I'd buy a year of Premium to see that

Desmond Shang

Very sad to see this. A lot of friends lost in this action.


Most ominously, this stronger focus toward social networking and mobile services... places SL on a collision course with other services that are newer, leaner, and possibly better positioned to survive on the social networks battlefield of the future.

It's going to get interesting, fast.

Taco Rubio

I am really sad about this. I sat for a couple years on an email address, and today SL officially died to me, so I used it. I wrote to the email address you use as a Linden when you leave LL. I talked a bit to Cristiano, and he encouraged me to post this, so I'm going to. here is what I wrote to that address. The subject line was "so long, and thanks for all the shit".

Hello, and goodbye,

As you know, we've had a major restructuring this week. By that I mean
the new CFO has fired* a bunch of people so that the shareholders (I
will not capitalize that word) can make more money off our blood,
sweat, and tears; their ball of confusion is a higher priority than
ours.

for the tl;dnr crowd, save your time, I'm simply saying management has
been fucked, is fucked, and will always be fucked, because they don't
understand the product and will never care about the people who make
it. For those who like to read, have fun!

Sadly, I am among those cut for the greater good - which I think makes
me not the greater good. I would like to thank you all for these
glorious 6 years, except I'm far too pissed off to do so. Instead, for
my departure letter, I'd like to single out some gentlemen who's
particularly poor leadership caused this in the first place. Here come
some shoutouts!

*Philip - I was super-sad(tm) when you couldn't get your head around
what you tried to create, much less take any responsibility for it.
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*Mark - You are a penis. And not in a good way.

*Bob - The balls you have to do this cut after having a job in which
you have never actually interacted with your product are enormous, and
I admire that. There is a special room in hell for you, and if I'm
lucky, the devil will let me off my "mow this lawn, with your teeth"
job for a few hours every day to punch you in the face, while I get
lemonade. If I'm unlucky, I will get no lemonade.

As the wheels on the bus failed to go round and round, I can only
shake my head and think "told you so". From the early days through the
lunch menu and on into the future**, we have constantly provided a
substandard product with no accountability for it, despite the best
efforts of many of the people that got shit-canned today. I'd be able
to make a strong argument that the people laid off today were the
people who kept the fucking waterlogged boat afloat, and that the
executives named above are the entire problem. Time will tell.

For those of you who still have a job, I have nothing but admiration
and a strong advisement that you GTFO. This isnt a huggy situation,
this is a corporate situation in which your work is judged by managers
who don't understand wtf you're even doing, and sadly, don't care.

Nothing you ever paid me for was worth this, you jerkoffs. Since this
won't go to the people you actually
liquidated/fired/terminated/torleyated/whatever I will be posting this
elsewhere so that everybody will have the opportunity to understand
what you just did.

I'd like to close with this wonderful quote, which I think sums up how
we all feel:

"I've labored long and hard for bread,
For honor, and for riches,
But on my corns too long you've tread,
You fine-haired sons of bitches."

- Black Bart, 1877


Love, Peace, and Hair Grease,

Taco Fucking Rubio
AKA _Linden, AKA KGB Linden AKA Fink Linden, AKA Spy Linden AKA CIA Linden

*Firing people sucks. Make other people do it.
**There is no future. You blew it.

P.S. if you are reading this, you still have a job there. I understand
that you probably have survivor's guilt - "why do i have my job when
so many good people don't!?!" - please do not dwell on that and
understand that you have your job because some shitty manager who is
trying to save his/her job made some decisions on how to best do that,
so that a director trying to save his/her job could say "look i'm
shaking things up". Don't dwell, just let today be a wake up call to
you as a reminder that this is a company, not a family, and the rich
eat themselves. You aren't rich, start looking for a new job now, you
will be next. Love you guys!

Couldbe Yue

apparently Blue has gone. Supposedly confirmed by credible sources.. and torley survived the cull

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Ann Launay

I think we're more likely to get Keyboard Cat as our musical accompaniment.

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Drift

Somebody just placed a 500k sell order for $L265...it begins!

Good old doodles linden

Khamon

OMG YES, he was like The Original Bug Hunter and all. Is he gone? really?

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I'd rather be playing Minecraft.

"Not only should you learn to be more precise in your choice of words, you should learn to pay attention to others words too. That way you can reply to actual posts and not the fictional ones in your head" - Myf

eku Zhong

my heart goes out to all the people who lost their jobs..
For us here.. we can only speculate about the future, but they have it cold and hard ..
right in their hands.. right now.

I hope they find great jobs with rock solid, rational companies.. and I wish them happiness and stability in these troubled times


if not, I hope they start a VW that is a viable competitor to SL
if they do I am so there..
if they have a donate button to get it started, I am so there

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Brenda Connolly

Oh great...more Torley videos....now tailored for the Facebook/Reality TV crowd.

Khamon

Blue too? His alt lit up this afternoon and I thought that was unusual, shoulda said something I suppose.



If Torley's still there when this is over, M is a daft stupid duck.

Psyke Phaeton

Imagine if these Lindens started a VW using OpenSim... or joined an existing one.

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Dickie Swansong

I'm convinced then. SL is doomed.

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Brenda Connolly

Wait a minute.....I'm confused...does this mean..Taco is/was a......?

Eboni Khan

Brent and Blue were 2 of my favorites I will never forget our time in Derwent.