The lifeblood of Second Life is in the community. Scamming corporations into buying over-priced e-land is an asinine business model.

Which makes one think, why would any business drive their customers away?

I've always stood by the belief that LL was never really a business. </conspiracy>

It is called... Linden Research Inc.

That happened after Philip stepped down, investors were itching to see return on investment.

Philip couldn't deliver that, so they brought it a money making corporate marketing machine.

Enter M Linden and the Organic Inc. FIC.

M came in like a bull in a china shop, completely destroying the community that Robin and the rest of them built.

I guess it started around Cory leaving. A lot of different Lindens with a lot of different visions.