To the lindens that read this.
Why are you not looking at all of the complaints that have arisen because of the price increase to islands? I know a large amount of people that will be leaving Secondlife because they know they will not be able to afford the tier fee for their islands. The lindens say in the blog that the old islands will not be affected by the increase, however information that has leaked out shows the decision has already been made for all island tier to increase.
This most likely means that tier fees on the mainland will parallel them as well. This is very disconcerting to me. I have 2 sims that I have worked many days on. They were works of art to me. When the tier increase comes, I doubt I will be left standing. Do the lindens even understand that this is killing their own game?
In doing the increase, the lindens are forcing the same people that have made the game what it is, to leave because they can't afford it. This means that if enough of them leave, all the corporations that followed us will leave as well. I think your decision will ultimately lead to the end of Second Life. If that was the plan then you have every right to. If it was not in the plan, then I suggest you find another way to make profit because this plan will not work.
Your island owners are the people that have helped develop Secondlife to what it is today because they crafted the islands to however they wanted it to look. You have just played a game of pass the buck and put the cost onto the people that pay the most to you as it is. These are the members you want to keep. They have been our steady income and now you are risking it all on a badly planned price increase that has further infuriated an already angry Secondlife populace.
I do not feel you know what you are doing and if this continues as I suspect it will, then the only Course of Action that will happen is the complete end of the game.