Linden looks outside the company for new CEO
Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:31pm PDT
By Eric Reuters
SECOND LIFE, March 20 (Reuters) - Philip Rosedale, the founder of Linden Lab who is stepping down as chief executive, told Reuters on Thursday he was looking to bring in someone from outside the company rather than promote from within.
He also said the new CEO would have the freedom to change elements of Linden’s quirky culture.
[url=http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2008/03/20/linden-looks-outside-the-company-for-new-ceo
Rosedale said. “We’re all relatively junior.”
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Rebecca Proudhon
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03-21-2008 16:28
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Bradley Bracken
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03-21-2008 16:35
Hey Rebecca, take the url off the end of your link. It's not working properly.
Just checked out the article. I think it's great and damned honest. As for quirky? I'm quirky, but I'm a Californian. It's the law here. _____________________
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03-21-2008 16:59
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Colette Meiji
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03-21-2008 17:02
That may be the understatement of the year..... Yeah but so what? LOL why do the quirky people need "changed" |
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Kira Cuddihy
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03-21-2008 17:07
quirky is most definitely the wrong word. Kinky is much better suited for sl, just remember his cod-piece. I wonder if he showed it to them.
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03-21-2008 17:15
I am not quirky! *spins around and pounces on her own tail*
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Isablan Neva
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03-21-2008 17:16
Yeah but so what? LOL why do the quirky people need "changed" Precisely. I would bet the majority of us like SL because we can be as quirky as we wanna be and nobody bats an eye.... _____________________
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Isablan Neva
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03-21-2008 17:17
quirky is most definitely the wrong word. Kinky is much better suited for sl, just remember his cod-piece. I wonder if he showed it to them. Can you imagine what a new CEO is going to find in Philip's desk drawers when he/she moves into the office? _____________________
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03-21-2008 17:24
Can you imagine what a new CEO is going to find in Philip's desk drawers when he/she moves into the office? OMG noooo, they will turn around and run. To run that business they are going to have to have a very open mind. The first shock of opening those drawers will tell the tale. _____________________
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03-21-2008 17:28
The first shock of opening those drawers will tell the tale. His underpants! what will they find a prim penis? |
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03-21-2008 17:28
Can you imagine what a new CEO is going to find in Philip's desk drawers when he/she moves into the office? You know, I missed the word "desk" on my first read through of this...had to clamp my paws over my mouth for a moment to keep the thought to myself... The horror... _____________________
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Linden looks outside the company for new CEO Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:31pm PDT By Eric Reuters SECOND LIFE, March 20 (Reuters) - Philip Rosedale, the founder of Linden Lab who is stepping down as chief executive, told Reuters on Thursday he was looking to bring in someone from outside the company rather than promote from within. He also said the new CEO would have the freedom to change elements of Linden’s quirky culture. Rosedale said. “We’re all relatively junior.” The 'changing of elements' is precisely what has me worried. I can see the new CEO coming in with a 'we gotta clean up this place to do anything with it' attitude. So if those quirks dont appeal to corporation I'd be willing to bet you'll see the noose tightening in coming months. |
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03-21-2008 17:40
The original article about Philip's resignation called us a "fractious user base" -- I think I'll take quirky over that.
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Colette Meiji
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03-21-2008 17:41
The 'changing of elements' is precisely what has me worried. I can see the new CEO coming in with a 'we gotta clean up this place to do anything with it' attitude. So if those quirks dont appeal to corporation I'd be willing to bet you'll see the noose tightening in coming months. Ohh most definitely. I'd guess "quirky culture" is code for "too much readily available adult content" |
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03-21-2008 17:47
His underpants! what will they find a prim penis? How the hell did you know what I was thinking, well sort of anyway. A 24K gold one on a long chaing will by laying in his desk drawer. _____________________
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Rebecca Proudhon
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03-21-2008 18:23
".......he was looking to bring in someone from outside the company"
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03-21-2008 19:10
Now is he talking about the residents or the hippie crap he let build up in LL headquarters. The "love machine" is mentioned as an example. You got to know the "Tao" will be shredded and used for Raymond's hamster cage.
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03-21-2008 20:04
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03-21-2008 20:05
/me peeks in and sees it couldn't be talking about him and move on.
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Colette Meiji
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03-21-2008 20:20
Now is he talking about the residents or the hippie crap he let build up in LL headquarters. The "love machine" is mentioned as an example. You got to know the "Tao" will be shredded and used for Raymond's hamster cage. LOL you never know maybe they will hire someone who is even more Hippie Dippie. And the Tao and Love Machine will be thrown out as oppressive instruments of the man! |
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03-21-2008 20:21
I don't know about us being "Quirky", but Mitch Kapor did tell the FT recently that the current business model may change from focusing on "early adopter consumers" .
He didn't actually say to whom, but it may indicate an emerging opinion within LL that they need to make SL more attractive to the "Not-So Quirky" Also if you're a SL business owner you might be interested to know that Corey Bridges at Multiverse says about SL: ”I don’t think it will be a serious business platform, it was not designed for that, but it can have a long and interesting future as a large Petri dish for user-generated content.” If you've not heard of Multiverse, they're a company who provide the tools and hosting required to build your own virtual world. All on a revenue share basis. Have a look and download the tools at http://www.multiverse.net/ FT Story is at: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/689f9b2a-f315-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.html |
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Colette Meiji
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03-21-2008 20:22
I don't know about us being "Quirky", but Mitch Kapor did tell the FT recently that the current business model may change from focusing on "early adopter consumers" . He didn't actually say to whom, but it may indicate an emerging opinion within LL that they need to make SL more attractive to the "Not-So Quirky" LOL they already DID that. Geez I wish we had the Quirky proportion of 2005 back! |
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Isablan Neva
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03-21-2008 20:48
Geez I wish we had the Quirky proportion of 2005 back! Ain't that the truth. People think SL is weird now, they should have seen it in 2005.... Colette, remember the forum fights about "casual users" who were just here for fun vs "serious users?" _____________________
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Colette Meiji
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03-21-2008 20:53
Ain't that the truth. People think SL is weird now, they should have seen it in 2005.... Colette, remember the forum fights about "casual users" who were just here for fun vs "serious users?" Yeah LOL People got down on people who only were consumers too! Like they thought SL could magically manufacture money if everyone had some creative job. But that was minor compared to now. As a whole SL was measurably friendlier than it is today. And many of the quirky were better balanced than the more mainstream people we get nowadays. If I could go back to those days Id give up my flexies and sculpties and go in a heartbeat. |
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Stephen Wisent
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03-21-2008 20:56
Yeah LOL People got down on people who only were consumers too! Like they thought SL could magically manufacture money if everyone had some creative job. But that was minor compared to now. As a whole SL was measurably friendlier than it is today. And many of the quirky were better balanced than the more mainstream people we get nowadays. If I could go back to those days Id give up my flexies and sculpties and go in a heartbeat. /me settles down on on the floor and looks up at Colette Tell us more about the old days Grandma.......  |