Article worth examining

People who know me know I’m suspicious about using business as any sort of model for education. I’m very pro-business—I just think we have different concerns. (Side note: using a professional service firm model (think accountants/doctors/lawyers and their clients) works very well, though.)

Still, it’s worthwhile noting the way business looks at platforms like Second Life. “Starting a Second Life Business” is another article that clearly makes the distinction between SL and “just a game.”

Anyone who has bought an Xbox knows games can be big business, of course, so for clarity: this article gives a feel for how business is looking at SL as a platform for conducting business, not as a business itself. It’s almost the kind of article you expect to see a business magazine write about a particular city as they assess whether it’s a good place to start a business.

And that certainly has implications for organizations such as educational institutions as well.

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