Comments on: IBM To Spend $10M In SecondLife, Website Remains Crap http://www.psfk.com/2006/11/ibm_to_spend_10.html Ideas & Trends Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:51:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: thewindsof.blogr.com - stories - 2009-01-13-Counter-Point-Gamers-do-make-better-employees- http://www.psfk.com/2006/11/ibm_to_spend_10.html/comment-page-1#comment-246315 thewindsof.blogr.com - stories - 2009-01-13-Counter-Point-Gamers-do-make-better-employees- Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:40:49 +0000 #comment-246315 [...] If any company can speak to this it's IBM, not because they make computers but because they have spent at least 10 Million dollars on Second Life, another MMORPG, as a tool to be used in business. Just like the job skills I learned cleaning [...] [...] If any company can speak to this it’s IBM, not because they make computers but because they have spent at least 10 Million dollars on Second Life, another MMORPG, as a tool to be used in business. Just like the job skills I learned cleaning [...]

]]> By: csven http://www.psfk.com/2006/11/ibm_to_spend_10.html/comment-page-1#comment-1125 csven Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125 <p>I think your headline is misleading. The news isn't saying IBM is spending $10M in Second Life. From the Rueters piece:</p> <p>"IBM is ramping up its push into virtual worlds with an investment of roughly US$10 million over the next year, including an expanded presence within Second Life and the development of its own 3D intranet."</p> <p>They may only spend a million in SL and spend a $9M developing an IBM-flavored Croquet for their intranet with hopes of growing that into an external offering.</p> I think your headline is misleading. The news isn’t saying IBM is spending $10M in Second Life. From the Rueters piece:

“IBM is ramping up its push into virtual worlds with an investment of roughly US$10 million over the next year, including an expanded presence within Second Life and the development of its own 3D intranet.”

They may only spend a million in SL and spend a $9M developing an IBM-flavored Croquet for their intranet with hopes of growing that into an external offering.

]]> By: Web Jungle http://www.psfk.com/2006/11/ibm_to_spend_10.html/comment-page-1#comment-1126 Web Jungle Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126 <strong>IBM moves into Second Life.</strong> At Reuters there is a story of IBM moving into virtual worlds such as Second Life - with a considerable budget: IBM is ramping up its push into virtual worlds with an investment of roughly $10 million over the next 12 months, including an expanded pres... IBM moves into Second Life.

At Reuters there is a story of IBM moving into virtual worlds such as Second Life – with a considerable budget:
IBM is ramping up its push into virtual worlds with an investment of roughly $10 million over the next 12 months, including an expanded pres…

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