I hope a chapter is not ending

I read with more than a little interest the Second Life Herald article about Sun Microsystems’ efforts in Second Life.  Going deeper into the interview with avi Guy Trenchard, however, I saw this:

Guy Trenchard: well for a long time SL has been dominated by the creative types
Guy Trenchard: left us engineer’s behind
Guy Trenchard: but i am starting to see limitations that really need to be worked on.
JayR Cela: such as?
Guy Trenchard: you go to the Charles Schwab building…
Guy Trenchard: and there is a screen that has real time ticker just like on Blomberg
Guy Trenchard: or CNBC
Guy Trenchard: that requires API’s to get LSL to interface with oracle and SAP.. and the like
JayR Cela: well Linden Script is very limited in its scope beyond creativity
Guy Trenchard: right.. but it will get there
Guy Trenchard: once the demand is there
Guy Trenchard: very few screaming for it now

Let it be known, I’m not anti-big business.  I am, however, pro-creativity.  When a big business employee like Trenchard says that…and knowing that Linden is much more likely to listen to Oyster Bay and its comparatively small cadre of artists…well, I get a glimpse of what the future of Second Life could be.  And it doesn’t look to be half as much fun.