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Jan 10, 2003, 12:00am

One thing about there. You have to pay for clothes and stuff using your real
life credit card.

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Jan 10, 2003, 5:38am

The "specific program" is freeware, it seems to be a stripped-down
lite version of 3DS Max : http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
I haven't played with it yet.

From how I read it they just offer a way to market your avatars
and 3D models like in ebay but I'm quite sure you can still make
them freeware or freesource.


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Jan 10, 2003, 11:22am

One of them is a person who was one the "Oracles" (Jeff Douglas, also
known as "Oracle Vaz"" in Worldsaway (www.vzones.com) once.

See also this report on CNN about there.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/01/08/being.there.ap/index.html

I spare any comments :-)





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Jan 10, 2003, 12:43pm

I thought you used "Therebucks" to buy those types of things?

-Builderz

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Jan 10, 2003, 12:59pm

On a cnn.com news report it said credit cards.

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Jan 10, 2003, 3:03pm

It said you could use your credit card to buy more Therebucks, which in
turn can buy you more clothes, etc.

What gets me is this:

"The company, which has secured $33 million in funding through venture
capitalists and 84 employees, says it can break even with just 150,000
subscribers. Executives say they have enough funds to last two years."

So, at worst, There will be around for at least two years. And
considering how much publicity they've already been getting, not to
mention the 84 employees that can manage their universe (as opposed to
about 15 employees at ActiveWorlds, Inc.), I predict they'll be in
business for quite some time after that. Whether they'll actually last
as long as AW has remains to be seen, but unless AWI steps up, they're
going to be left in the dust. :-/

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READING IS FUN!!
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Jan 10, 2003, 3:14pm

Goober King. AW had to instantly buy the company from AWCom so their still
working on the company. Believe me some day AW will be popular.

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Jan 10, 2003, 4:37pm

Umm, not quite. In the entire history of AW, I don't think they've ever
had more than 20-25 employees, tops. At their height, I believe they had
only 5 programmers, at best. I'm sorry, but that's not enough to manage
such a huge universe as AW and help it grow and prosper. And while they
have made attempts to draw in more employees, they never seemed very
aggressive about getting more. (probably because they couldn't afford
them) And don't get me started on their ho-hum approach to advertising
and publicity. :P

All I'm saying is that they've had years to "work on the company". If
they don't kick it up a notch and get serious about making this a
marketable product while still nurturing the community, instead of just
treating this whole thing as "Rick & JP's Pet Project," then everyone
here will get their virtual fix elsewhere and Rick & JP will have a lot
more to worry about than just getting the next beta out. :P

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Goober King
BAM!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 13, 2003, 10:41am

Tz,

Have a look at the conversation over at Slashdot

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/08/1314208&mode=thread&tid=95

Names are:
Halsey Minor: Chairman/CEO of CNET
Trip Hawkins: CEO 3DO/Electronic Arts Founder
Jane Metcalfe: President/Co-founder Wired Magazine
Louis Rosetto: The other founder of Wired magazine...

F.


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Jan 13, 2003, 10:42am

[View Quote] umm....maybe in the US it is at 70% - do you forget that there are a
thousand times the number of people in the rest of the world than there is
in the US? I dont have broadband, its too expensive her ein the UK and there
are horrible rates where you HAVE to sign up for 12 month contracts....

F.

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