Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) wrote: > This is just a quick note to introduce myself - I'm Scott Lawrence, and > this week I've become Oz Linden. I've just started at Linden Lab as the > Director of Open Development.
OS. Oz. I see what you did there. With the "wizard" allusion. Very clever. :-) > I'm a long time open source user and developer - for the last ~7 years > I've been leading the sipXecs SIP PBX project > <http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/sipXecs> OK. We can bug you about getting the voice chat code open sourced. :-) > My new role here is to expand and improve the open source viewer > program. I hope to get to know most of you well, and to hear your > thoughts on how Linden Lab and the open source community can work better > together. Oh, we all are kind of shy about offering our ideas. :-) They didn't let you read any of this mailing list before you accepted the position, did they? > I'm also heading up the Applied Engineering team with the mission of > making our sustaining activities for the viewer even more responsive to > the needs of our Residents, and I hope that part of that will be > achieved by accelerating the incorporation of the good work of open > source contributors. They wrote that for you, didn't they? :-) > I'm based in the Boston office, which will give you some idea of when > I'm most likely to be awake. There's a correlation? :-) > I am very much aware that I've taken on a big job, and that there's much > to do - I'm going to be looking to you to help me set my agenda. Please > understand that I'm sending this note on my second day as an employee - > I have not yet finished all my new-hire paperwork, and it will take me > some time to get up to speed; please bear with me. Hey, we got work to do! No time for getting up to speed. :-) > Outside work, I play billiards in the APA <http://www.poolplayer.org/>, > and ride my electric skateboard (if you've got a Facebook account, you > can see a very short ride > <http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1435574887089>). (I rode it > today from the train station to the office). Well, of course, you won't have any time for that anymore. :-) Yaaaaaaaaaaay! Welcome aboard! Mike SL: Mm Alder _______________________________________________ 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
