Interesting commentary from Dr. Roger Smith – CTO for the US Army. Link to pdf here.
As web 2.0 appears to be on life-support both as a terminology and perhaps as a business model (giving everything away for free and hoping one of the big players buys you out). Maybe its time for a new phrase and a new boom…..welcome to the Dot.Sim boom!
By all accounts Second Life is weathering the economic crash quite well – and by some measures is now rated as the second most popular game after WoW. Link to Neilsen graph here. It should also be remembered that it has a couple of decent built in revenue providers – virtual land, subscription fees and even ‘taxes’ on moving linden $ around.
