Which OS do you prefer for non-power user tasks? (Geeky enough for you?)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

ComputerWorld Article on Second Life

I just read an interesting article by Gary Anthes in the magazine COMPUTERWORLD (Dec. 3 2007) about his first experience trying out Second Life. The story was interesting because like myself he was brand new to Second Life and trying to figure out what it was good for and how to use it. Generally speaking he wasn't VERY impressed. He liked aspects of it and the potential that it had for the IT business (he talked about experiences at Cisco and IBM on SL... actually there was no one there but an avatar that looked like a Wolf) but generally thought it needed some improvement. He complained about server crashes, poor refresh rates, and a difficult to learn interface. Like myself, he thinks that it has some potential but needs a bit of work before the IT world embraces it for corporate purposes. If you can I suggest you check out the article!