Second Life
Linden Lab was founded in 1999
In August 2001 SL was called LindenWorld
Closed beta began on November 2002 with public beta opening on April 2003
Second Life was launched on June 23rd 2003 developed by Linden Lab. CEO and founder Philip Rosedale (Philip Linden)
First ever blog post by Linden Lab was made on 4th October 2004 on the official Second Life Blog
SL reached 1 million residents on 18th October 2006 at 8:05:45am SLT.
Linden Lab removed Ratings from SL profiles during April 2007
Windlight Philip Linden stepped down as CEO in March 2008
New CEO M Linden took over at LL during April 2008
OnRez and XStreet SL was integrated on 20th January 2009
Snowglobe 1.1 released in August 2009
LL shut down SL Mentor program on 10th December 2009
Linden Lab launches new SL Forums on 9th February 2010
Snowglobe 2.0 released on 22nd February 2010
Linden Lab launches new Viewer 2.0 Public Beta on 23rd February 2010
Viewer 2 launched officially (out of beta) on 31st March 2010
M Linden left Linden Lab, Philip Linden replaced M on 24th June 2010
Philip Linden announced that Burning Life will be renamed to BURN 2.0 on July 22nd 2010
LL dropped educational/nonprofit pricing in late 2010
Farewell to Avatars United – 23rd September 2010
Rod Humble new CEO of LL – 23rd December 2010
Teen Second Life merges with Main Grid – 21st January 2011
Linden Lab launched the new Second Life Community Platform
Linden Lab launched Basic/Advanced modes in Viewer 2 on 29th March 2011
Linden Lab announced that mesh
Group Chat testing event on Beta Grid hosted by Linden Lab (4pm SLT) on 2nd June 2011
Linden Lab launched the new social web profiles on 26th July 2011
Mesh goes live across the grid Linden Lab introduces Pathfinding alpha
Linden Lab announced that Second Life’s 9th Birthday
Linden Lab announces Project Shining
Linden Lab launches CHUI Beta Viewer
Linden Lab launched Materials Project Viewer
Linden Lab announces faster avatar loading changes with Project Shining
Second Life officially turned 10 years old
Linden Lab announces SLShare
Rod Humble leaves Linden Lab Ebbe Altberg Joins Linden Lab as new CEO
Linden Lab announces SL Go by OnLive
Linden Lab announces new Mesh avatars
Linden Lab announced Experience Keys
Linden Lab hosts Snowball Fight
Experience Tools Linden Lab announces Project Bento
Linden Lab announces 360 snapshots
Linden Lab launches new Second Life community plaform
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Daniel, this is a great history. Please don’t forget to add that LL dropped educational/nonprofit pricing in late 2010. Their official wording: “All education and non-profit private regions of any type, purchased after Dec. 31, 2010, will be invoiced at standard (i.e. non-discounted) pricing. All currently discounted renewals which occur after Dec. 31, 2010, will be adjusted to the new price at that time.”
LL later backpedaled and offered an “early renewal option” if the educational/nonprofit extended their long-term commitment. LL would continue the discount for a time if the organization renewed before Dec 31, 2010 for a period of 6, 12, 18 or 24 months. These were major changes to a lot of us, so if you can work that in here somehow I’d appreciate it!
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A nice synopsis, Daniel.
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