Second Life Timeline and my vision for Second Life

• Philip Linden was in the shower and envisioned the basis of "Second Life" and decided to build it.
• Andrew and Philip Linden composed Linden Lab and used it to build and house "Linden World" which now known as "Second World".
• Alpha "Second Life" in March 2002 with a handful of residents
• Beta "Second Life" in November 2002 for closed beta and then April 2003 for the version open to the public.
• June 23, 2003 the first version of "Second Life" was open to the public.
• 1.1-2.0 versions have since been used and improved. 
• 5 years later in 2008 "Second Life" is going strong and growing fast.

I believe that "Second Life" will continue to flourish with more people taking part in it.  It's like how computers were something some people had and some used, now most every household has a computer and uses it.  I see even more businesses and schools utilizing it as a tool to improve and reach out to clients and students.  It is a wonderful emerging tool for technology and the sky seems to be the limit.