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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Recent interest in Second Life from marketers and other companies has made it difficult to assess the success or importance of this platform. However, Jose Zagal, Ph.D. student in the School of Interactive Computing, notes that some companies are using Second Life experimentally as environments for R&D. IBM, for example, is experimenting with ways to support distributed work teams.
