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Second Life Open Sources Client

Posted by Hemos on from the i-call-upon-the-community dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just noticed that Second Life released their client under the GPL today, and that they're up to 2.4 million users. Article says that 15% of users contribute scripted objects."

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  1. Current numbers and 15% script? by Demon-Xanth · · Score: 5, Informative

    Current numbers:
    Total Residents: 2,434,170
    Logged In Last 60 Days: 883,536
    Online Now: 13,150

    That is right now, right this second as I post this. The highest I've seen the online now number is about 23-24k, and once it gets over 20k shit really does hit the fan.

    As far as 15% contribute scripted objects. Perhaps that's 15% of the real active user count, but it sure as hell isn't 15% of the 2.4M. Scripting in SL has a steep learning curve and many people who do building in SL avoid scripting because it is such a pain.

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