[WikiEN-l] Re: Digital Universe

[Fred Bauder]

You don't have to buy any of it.

Fred

On Jan 8, 2006, at 12:48 PM, Daniel P. B. Smith wrote:

>> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Did I miss the great Digital Universe debate?
>>
>> I mean [[Digital Universe]], which will be WP in Technicolor  
>> without errors
>> or trolls, or something?  I realise userboxes must be more  
>> significant ...
>>
>
> I'm not sure I've got it all figured out, but... according to  
> http://www.digitaluniverse.net/participate/ , "While participation  
> in discussion about the Digital Universe is free, we do require  
> that you have a registered account with us. You can also download  
> the free ManyOne browser..."
>
> The free ManyOne browser, which apparently embodies technology  
> needed to participate, is only available for Windows 2000 or  
> Windows XP.
>
> While "participation in discussion about the Digital Universe" may  
> be "free," according to http://isp.earthportal.net/ it appears that  
> getting that "registered account" costs $7.95 a month.
>
> I have no idea what they think they're doing, but I am not impressed.
>
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