[Two Important Updates on 2011 Land Pricing]

Educators (schools and universities) aren't the only organizations affected by this. Others include:

- Museums like The Tech Museum of Innovation and the Frank Lloyd Wright Museum in SL

- Government agencies like NASA and NOAA

- Libraries

- Relay for Life (the American Cancer Society)

- Virtual Ability

- Advocacy organizations like the National Space Society

Good point, Troy.  It also affects the religious community on SL. My own home church within SL just received recognition as part of the denomination's church community within RL, which took quite awhile to go through the various processes involved.

[Two Important Updates on 2011 Land Pricing]

Are you trying to hasten the exodus to OpenSim?

It sure seems like it!  There was already an exodus last April primarily among SL merchants due to the direction it seemed like LL was headed in this community that was worrisome to merchants.

The above fall generally into three categories:

1.  Merchants who are still in SL but have established "sister" businesses on another grid so if the economy/business plummets in SL, they are already known, established and operating elsewhere.

2.  Merchants who sold the majority of their land (some owning many estates) and keep just a bare minimum of their business in SL while establishing and operating primarily from another grid.

3.  Merchants who packed up shop altogether, sold all their land and are 100% in another grid.

Note:  A great many of these merchants are large, well-known, well-establish, familiar "names" in SL as well as smaller merchants and those new residents to another grid who are opening businesses for the first time.

Add in the circle of friends, acquaintances, and customers of the above and more people are checking out other "worlds."  Some will go and return to SL, others will have "duel-citizenships" (spend time in both places) and others will make friends and decide to stay there.

With the apparent economic climate of LL, now targeting yet another group of residents does not, in my opinion, seem like a wise business move.