Re: [mmox] XML serialization

[Lawson English <[e-mail]>]

Jon Watte wrote:
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> Personally, I think it's too early to really worry about it too much. 
> I first want rough consensus on the model we're using -- I think most, 
> but not all, participants on the list now understand that 
> interoperating virtutal world objects practically require simulation 
> hosts to talk to other simulation hosts. 


which simulation hosts in Croquet/Qwaq are we talking about?


> I also think that most participants understand that a specified 
> client/server protocol would not actually solve interoperability 
> between disparate simulation systems.


Depends on how disparate....

Seems to me that the forterra strategy, as implemented in SL, would 
require sufficient extra server sapce to accommodate all 85000+ 
concurrent users visiting 85000+ different simulators at the same time....

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> But how do we actually define and determine "rough consensus"? Perhaps 
> coming up with some metric for that would be a good first step.
>
How loud the humming is, I understand.


Lawson