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Title: The top eight corporate sites in Second Life: Real-world business is booming Post by: Mark David on May 12, 2007, 09:36:40 PM I was standing in a spacious entryway, chatting with the chief science officer at Sun Microsystems. His short-cropped hair, V-neck sweater and glasses were a sure sign of technical prowess. Peeking just over the horizon, the sun cast a warm glow over a nearby server rack. I was wearing a Sun baseball hat, a T-shirt with the Java logo emblazoned on the front and a purple lapel pin. I was also holding a Sun helium-filled balloon that was at least three times as big as my head. "Nice facility you have here," I said, as he suddenly vanished into thin air. "It happens once in a while," said another Sun employee. In the virtual world of Second Life, anything goes -- even if your goal is to build a corporate brand, hold ad hoc user group meetings, sponsor a conference or help end users find a video card driver.
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