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&lt;p&gt;Second Life has grew to a &amp;quot;population&amp;quot; of more than 12 million in January of this year, with residents spending more than 28 million hours in-world that month, &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;according to parent company Linden Lab&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/sl.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; height=&quot;166&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Seond Life&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 10px&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While those numbers reflected enourmous growth from January 2007, they also indicated that residents are spending less time in world, on a per-resident basis -- 2.3 hours/resident in January 2008, compared to nearly 3.5 hours/resident in January 2007. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Industry Standard predicts that growth will continue to slow in 2008, and the number of total monthly hours will not break 40 million by the end of 2008. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This prediction will be judged by reviewing the public figures that Linden Lab makes available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;this location&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the figures for December might not be made available until early 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(This prediction is part of &lt;i&gt;The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; special feature, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;Opinion: 10 &#039;Net services that will succeed, and 10 that will probably fail&lt;/a&gt;. To see the related article, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/31/second-life-interface-infrastructure-and-growth-woes-continue&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. To read the rest of the special feature, and see the many related predictions, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Second Life has grew to a &amp;quot;population&amp;quot; of more than 12 million in January of this year, with residents spending more than 28 million hours in-world that month, &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;according to parent company Linden Lab&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/sl.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; height=&quot;166&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Seond Life&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 10px&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While those numbers reflected enourmous growth from January 2007, they also indicated that residents are spending less time in world, on a per-resident basis -- 2.3 hours/resident in January 2008, compared to nearly 3.5 hours/resident in January 2007. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Industry Standard predicts that growth will continue to slow in 2008, and the number of total monthly hours will not break 40 million by the end of 2008. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This prediction will be judged by reviewing the public figures that Linden Lab makes available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;this location&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the figures for December might not be made available until early 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(This prediction is part of &lt;i&gt;The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; special feature, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;Opinion: 10 &#039;Net services that will succeed, and 10 that will probably fail&lt;/a&gt;. To see the related article, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/31/second-life-interface-infrastructure-and-growth-woes-continue&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. To read the rest of the special feature, and see the many related predictions, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Second Life has grew to a &amp;quot;population&amp;quot; of more than 12 million in January of this year, with residents spending more than 28 million hours in-world that month, &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;according to parent company Linden Lab&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/sl.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; height=&quot;166&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Seond Life&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 10px&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While those numbers reflected enourmous growth from January 2007, they also indicated that residents are spending less time in world, on a per-resident basis -- 2.3 hours/resident in January 2008, compared to nearly 3.5 hours/resident in January 2007. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Industry Standard predicts that growth will continue to slow in 2008, and the number of total monthly hours will not break 40 million by the end of 2008. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This prediction will be judged by reviewing the public figures that Linden Lab makes available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;this location&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the figures for December might not be made available until early 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(This prediction is part of &lt;i&gt;The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; special feature, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;Opinion: 10 &#039;Net services that will succeed, and 10 that will probably fail&lt;/a&gt;. To see the related article, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/31/second-life-interface-infrastructure-and-growth-woes-continue&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. To read the rest of the special feature, and see the many related predictions, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Second Life has grew to a &amp;quot;population&amp;quot; of more than 12 million in January of this year, with residents spending more than 28 million hours in-world that month, &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;according to parent company Linden Lab&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/sl.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; height=&quot;166&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Seond Life&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 10px&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While those numbers reflected enourmous growth from January 2007, they also indicated that residents are spending less time in world, on a per-resident basis -- 2.3 hours/resident in January 2008, compared to nearly 3.5 hours/resident in January 2007. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Industry Standard predicts that growth will continue to slow in 2008, and the number of total monthly hours will not break 40 million by the end of 2008. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This prediction will be judged by reviewing the public figures that Linden Lab makes available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;this location&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the figures for December might not be made available until early 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(This prediction is part of &lt;i&gt;The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; special feature, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;Opinion: 10 &#039;Net services that will succeed, and 10 that will probably fail&lt;/a&gt;. To see the related article, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/31/second-life-interface-infrastructure-and-growth-woes-continue&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. To read the rest of the special feature, and see the many related predictions, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Second Life has grew to a &amp;quot;population&amp;quot; of more than 12 million in January of this year, with residents spending more than 28 million hours in-world that month, &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;according to parent company Linden Lab&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/sl.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; height=&quot;166&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Seond Life&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 10px&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While those numbers reflected enourmous growth from January 2007, they also indicated that residents are spending less time in world, on a per-resident basis -- 2.3 hours/resident in January 2008, compared to nearly 3.5 hours/resident in January 2007. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Industry Standard predicts that growth will continue to slow in 2008, and the number of total monthly hours will not break 40 million by the end of 2008. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This prediction will be judged by reviewing the public figures that Linden Lab makes available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;this location&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the figures for December might not be made available until early 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(This prediction is part of &lt;i&gt;The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; special feature, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;Opinion: 10 &#039;Net services that will succeed, and 10 that will probably fail&lt;/a&gt;. To see the related article, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/31/second-life-interface-infrastructure-and-growth-woes-continue&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. To read the rest of the special feature, and see the many related predictions, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Second Life has grew to a &amp;quot;population&amp;quot; of more than 12 million in January of this year, with residents spending more than 28 million hours in-world that month, &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;according to parent company Linden Lab&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/sl.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; height=&quot;166&quot; width=&quot;175&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Seond Life&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 10px&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While those numbers reflected enourmous growth from January 2007, they also indicated that residents are spending less time in world, on a per-resident basis -- 2.3 hours/resident in January 2008, compared to nearly 3.5 hours/resident in January 2007. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Industry Standard predicts that growth will continue to slow in 2008, and the number of total monthly hours will not break 40 million by the end of 2008. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This prediction will be judged by reviewing the public figures that Linden Lab makes available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy.php&quot;&gt;this location&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the figures for December might not be made available until early 2009. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(This prediction is part of &lt;i&gt;The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; special feature, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;Opinion: 10 &#039;Net services that will succeed, and 10 that will probably fail&lt;/a&gt;. To see the related article, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/31/second-life-interface-infrastructure-and-growth-woes-continue&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. To read the rest of the special feature, and see the many related predictions, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/p&gt;
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