Sophrosyne's Saturday Salon: OpenSIM
As Soph is out for the weekend, I had the honor today of guest-hosting the Saturday Salon.  Our guest, Dalien Talbot, was kind enough to talk to us about the latest developments in the OpenSIM project.  OpenSIM, as you may know, is an attempt to create an open-source SIM server that will interoperate with the standard SL Browser.  More details are available on Dalien's blog, and the OpenSIM project website.



We had a top concurrency of around 20 people, mostly regulars, and a few new faces.  The topic was somewhat technical in nature, and the host a bit green around the ears, but we had a great guest.  Dalien laid out the merits and limitations of the software, and let us lead him astray into topics like intellectual property, trust, and reputation systems.  We also had a great audience who asked some very pertinent questions and treated their substitute host quite nicely.  I have no illusions, though.  Their kid gloves will surely come off if I do this again sometime :P



Thanks again for a great day everyone, I had a blast, and I even learned a thing or two in the process.