CTO Of Second Life Quits
It has been reported that Second Life’s CTO has resigned. Cory Ondrejka, and employee for Linda Lab, which is the parent company of Second Life, quit on Tuesday and will be gone by the end of the year.
Ondrejka was part of the team that wrote the computer code that underpins Second Life according to The Associated Press. The site is a 3D online destination where users create, buy and sell islands inhabited by avatars, somewhat like SimCity.
Philip Rosedale, CEO of Second Life said that Ondrejka resigned to “pursue new professional challenges.” He also said in the statement that “The needs of our company are changing, and the role of CTO, or technical lead, has also evolved. Cory and I are in agreement that our paths, at this point in time at least, lie in different directions.”
The site has been criticized for technical problems of almost every kind. Graphics load slowly, hackers have been an issue and avatars have appeared unintentionally naked. Ondrejka has even appeared in Second Life as the Flying Spaghetti Monster – a reference to the farcical religion “Pastafarianism.”
Before going to Linden Lab in 2000, Ondrejka was a programmer for Pacific Coast Power and Light, a video game developer.
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