In what I think is his third update on progress in improving the infrastructure that underpins Second Life, FJ Linden (Frank Ambrose) has outlined where things are up to.

As always, his explanations are saturated with terminology and geek-speak, but the upshot is that February should see some improvements that will be noticeable to all. There’s also an admission that the past month has seen some significant stability issues – here’s hoping (again) that some improvements are on the near horizon.

Am I safe in assuming we can forget 2008 being the year of usability for Second Life and that the mantle has been passed to 2009? Given it’s mid-January 2009 and all.