Bud Parnall

As one who protested the OpenSpace issue in October of 2008 I know all these words are here to exhaust your emotions and help you come to grips with Linden Labs unilateral policies. In response to the change in the OpenSpace sims......... I moved on. In the following two years I have learned to use linux, build, script, create, test and assist with the development of alternate vitural worlds. I am not a puter geek. I was just mad and wanted to continue my virtural world experience. I currently have 75 sims of my own in a closed grid. I have 4 servers running ubuntu linux. All for the cost of my dsl line and time and equipment. I developed a megaregion of a canyon I called the Grand Canyon sim. Search my avi name and Grand Canyon to see what can be done. The result: I have learned a lot and feel pride in my own virtural world. I would encourage educational institutions to follow the same path. You do not need to be tied to Linden Labs and your students will learn more.