Best last line regarding the openspace sim controversy:

From Wagner James Au on Gigaom:

“Still, one thing remains clear: “I’m moving to OpenSim!” has already become the metaverse version of the “I’m moving to Canada!” threat we hear every U.S. Presidential election.”

Hamlet gets special communique from Linden Lab bunker posted at Gigacom: In a statement provided by his publicist, Kingdon told me, “We understand that this price adjustment will affect businesses and other projects of some our Second Life Residents,” and emphasized the cost increases were only directed at select landowners, who have until January 2009 to adjust themselves to the new rates. “To be clear,” Kingdon continued, “this price adjustment affects only a portion of land in Second Life; it does not apply to private islands or regular mainland property. We made this change to ensure an optimal Second Life experience for all Residents.”

After a tip off by someone I'll refer to as "Dark Baron Voice" (thanks for the chat log too) I made my way to Ruth's Retreat for an office hour that had no howling mob, largely because we couldn't move due to the major lag caused by so many residents trying to get into at least two sims. I'm not sure how many people were there as I was afraid to open the map in case I crashed. Indeed I couldn't even fully replace my wizard's outfit as I didn't want to be ejected for indecent exposure as it was taking so long to change clothing.
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Below clipped from: http://sexsecond.blogspot.com/2008/10/from-naughty-dreamscape-i-think-there.html
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The following is clipped from Gigaom.com

Virtual Protest Threatens Linden Lab’s Profitability

Wagner James Au, Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 12:47 PM PT

I contacted freshly minted Linden CEO Mark Kingdon for his comments about the protest. In a statement provided by his publicist, Kingdon told me, “We understand that this price adjustment will affect businesses and other projects of some our Second Life Residents,” and emphasized the cost increases were only directed at select landowners, who have until January 2009 to adjust themselves to the new rates. “To be clear,” Kingdon continued, “this price adjustment affects only a portion of land in Second Life; it does not apply to private islands or regular mainland property. We made this change to ensure an optimal Second Life experience for all Residents.”