For example, are they using Java/Struts? Or ASP.NET? Or PHP? Or some combination of technologies?
Not sure how public they are about their infrastructure, but it would be very interesting to know what they use.
For example, are they using Java/Struts? Or ASP.NET? Or PHP? Or some combination of technologies?
Not sure how public they are about their infrastructure, but it would be very interesting to know what they use.
I will take a wild guess, a combination of scripts running on a server written in C++.
Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life#Technology
As is often the case with such questions, High Scalability has an overview of the Second Life architecture, plus links to presentations by SL staff and other resources.