The virtual world Second Life is losing one of it’s founders: controversial chief technology officer Cory Onrejka—known in-world as Cory Linden—will be leaving the company at the end of the year. Although Linden Labs’ CEO Philip Rosedale describs Onrejka’s departure as a move to “pursue new professional challenges out side the company,” both Onrejka and Rosedale have acknowledged the departure stems from differing visions of how Second Life and the Linden company should develop.
“The needs of our company are changing, and the role of CTO, or technical lead, has also evolved,” said CEO Rosedale, in a statement. “Cory and I are in agreement that our paths, at this point in time at least, lie in different directions.”
