On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:59:24 -0600, Argent <secret.arg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Daniel Smith <javajo...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:29 PM, <a...@skyhighway.com> wrote: >>> the mail below is a copy of a msg i got from SL this afternoon. Is >>> it >>> some kinda sign that the viewer is in danger of going extinct? > >> No, it would just be yet another way to get to the same experience. > > Not even that much. The browser viewer is cloud rendered and so even > if it wasn't seriously limited (and it is) it would require > dedicating > a fairly high end cloud server instance (with CPU and GPU) to EACH > logged in user. That might eventually be plausible, but right now > it'd > be like taking on the cost of about 10 additional grids with no > additional income.
this is interesting - what exactly is your estimation based upon? opensource obscure _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
