Comments on: Sun are having a press conference in SL now too

By: Tony Hynes

Tony Hynes — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:10:26 +0000

Touche. The Sun Pavillion will be open to all after noon Pacific Time tomorrow. Come and have a look.

By: epredator

epredator — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:45:28 +0000

I do totally agree :-) We do though seem to be thriving though on some coopetition. The ‘first’ is what spurs some people on.
In a place of pioneers there is still some fun to be had in being the first. I think we also want to be the best though in the long run.

By: Tony Hynes

Tony Hynes — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:30:27 +0000

There is a debate about the definition of a press conference? However, I think we can agree there is little debate about the feeling of being pipped at the post :o)

By: Out to Pasture » Blog Archive » First First First First

Out to Pasture » Blog Archive » First First First First — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:58:01 +0000

[...] So the other week we had the battle of the pre-announcing ad agencies BBH and Leo Burnett, who both claimed to be first. One of them claimed to be the first major agency who owned land in SL when actually the true owner of that claim is probably a third ad agency in Second Life (disclaimer: a client of ESC) who is still keeping quiet until they had something actually open to the public.� None of the three have opened their spaces to the public yet, and it doesn’t matter who opens their door first, but rather who executes better over time (although it would be best for everyone if they all execute really well). Now eightbar says about Sun’s recent announcement: “I thought we had done the first fortune 500 press conference.” I’m sure Sun can respond with how their definition of press conference makes their event the first given the definition… [...]