There's all kinds of stuff being done with SL. For one, there's a .NET global user group using SL for meetings. If I remember correctly, IBM has a large presenc

There's all kinds of stuff being done with SL. For one, there's a .NET global user group using SL for meetings. If I remember correctly, IBM has a large presence there as well as several other big companies. The economy itself chugs along and practically prints money for Linden Labs, as well as the sellers. They recently started selling servers to private companies as a means of allowing them to bring the control 'in house' instead of being open to the entire Grid. To be honest, nothing happened to Second Life. It was just forgotten, for awhile, and will inevitably rise again whether it be through extension of this version or the creation of something new, like Blue Mars.