"Second Life" for Germans - what nonsense. First of all, the German community in SL is already quite large, so a SL-in-SL for Germans already exists - and secondly, there is probably only pre-made content in this "Secret City". When will the press finally realize that the special feature of SL is user-generated content, and that no system without its own content creation can be a real competitor to SL? There.com is a competitor. OpenCroquet could be one. OpenGrid (based on the SL protocols and its open-source client, but its own grid) will certainly be one. But silly 3D-MySpaces and chat channels? Ridiculous ...