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August 21st, 2006 | Category: Uncategorized

I previously linked to an Amazon store in Second Life, but didn’t mention that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is an investor. Jeff’s not the only one who sees a big future in Second Life:

Mitch Kapor: “Second Life is a disruptive technology on the level of the personal computer or the Internet.”

Scripting News: 8/21/2006

Kapor, chairman of the board of Second Life’s producer Linden Labs, made the above statement in his keynote at the recent Second Life Community Convention.

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