Second Life CEO Philip Rosedale opened the third SL User Convention with a promise to improve stability of the virtual world, noting that while they had to work fast in the early days, service reliability is now a big focus:

Eventually, Rosedale said, for Second Life to fulfill his dream of becoming “bigger than the web,” even scheduled maintenances would have to be phased out. “The Web does not go down for upgrades on Wednesdays,” Rosedale said to laughter and applause. [via Reuters]