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| LINDEN LAB TRANSITION - vrijdag 11 juni 2010 |
SECOND LIFE
A Message from M.Linden
Greetings,
Yesterday was a challenging but historic and important day for Linden Lab.
We undertook a strategic restructuring to strengthen our business and enable us to move faster and with more focus on the things that matter.
While it will have important ramifications down the line for Second Life,rest assured that there are no fundamental changes planned to our experience or platform,and that both the company and the inworld economy remain in a very strong position.
Our decision to restructure the company was based on our feeling that we were movin too slowly on important
strategic initiatives,so we have decided to consolidate software development in the US and combine our product and technology organizations into one.
We have also streamlined customer support so that it can scale economically as we add users.
These decisions resulted in significant job eliminations and this tends to be what press and bloggers focus on because of the human dimension.
It is indeed difficult for us to see colleagues leaving.
I am writing to you directly because I want you to know that Second Life - and Linden Lab itself - is in very good shape.
As a company,Linden Lab remains financially very stable.
Our balance sheet is strong and we are well-capitalized.
We will close this year with record revenue and hopefully record users,and - with - your help - record user - to - user transactions and record landmass.
In May,we recorded more than 1 million logged-in Residents, 37 million user hours, US$52.8 million in user - to - user transactions and 31,800 enabled regions.
Second Life is sound.
As a platform for the world's most robust virtual economy,Second Life remains as vibrant and healthy as ever.
By bringing new people to Second Life,and by increasing the ways in which people can interact with the world and with the people,places,and things within,we are paving the way for more growth.
We remain committed to supporting and improving the Second Life Marketplace,to pushing forward on IP
protection,and to growing the number of Residents that participate in the inworld economy.
It is during times like this that partnerships are tested and I - as CEO - want you yo know that we value
our partnership with you and that Second Life and Linden Lab are solid.
This kind of transition is difficult for any company,but it need not be difficult for our customers.
Our restructuring leaves Linden Lab in a stronger position;Second Life remains the creative and inspiring platform it always has been.
Best regards,
M Linden