Is Linden Lab's situation "dire"? Zee Linden makes surprise visit to rebut Metanomics guests.

Materials related to this program are now compiled here.

Today, April 21th, 2008, Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics hosted Mitch Wagner of InformationWeek and Gartner Fellow Steve Prentice. It was held at CMP's 4-Sim Amphitheatre on CMP Island.

The speakers didn't pull any punches. Wagner referred to the position of Linden Lab as "dire," while Prentice wouldn't recommend that enterprises use SL for anything more than 'pilot' projects, because it is too unreliable.

Minutes later, Linden Lab CFO John Zdanowski (aka Zee Linden) made a surprise visit to Metanomics to address the analysts' concerns, providing some fascinating insights into both the financial status of Linden Lab and the importance of the SL economy to Linden Lab's strategy. Zee also comments on the motivation for the recent price changes in land.

You can see or hear the show here:

audio: http://www.slcn.tv/media/mv_metanomics_21apr08.mp3
video: http://www.slcn.tv/media/mv_metanomics_21apr08.mp4

No transcript or backchet yet. (The backchat is definitely worth a look.) In the mean time, feel free to browse the background reading from the pre-event post.

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