Apparently part of the reorganizing at Linden Labs, that led to layoff's of a third of staff, also lead to a replacement of the current CEO with the once and future CEO Philip Rosedale. I have a suspicious nature and can't help but wonder if the old CEO wasn't kept on long enough to lay off the people so any residual resentments would accrue to guy who left. But, that is just idle musing on my part.
I thought about this quite a bit and decided that this is probably a good move. Philip Rosedale is a likable, charismatic visionary kind of person who is needed to provide visionary leadership for a product like Second Life and a company like Linden Labs. I saw a recorded video of a talk that he gave and you cannot help but like the guy. And his childlike enthusiasm with technology is infectious.
This kind of leadership energizes a company and so I see it as a positive move. My main concern is whether or not that energy will directed into productive applications. And, I guess, that remains to be seen.
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