On 24/10/2007, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 10/24/07, Robert Rohde rarohde@gmail.com wrote:
A corporation willing to invest $10M could very credibly seek to fork Wikipedia, develop an advertising supported model, and introduce changes in the community structure that might attact new volunteers.
Some things are more likely to happen in theory than in practice. :-) Few corporations even begin to grasp the dynamics of a community like ours. Wikia is a notable exception; they actually seem to genuinely care about building real communities, respect free licensing, etc. But look who started that company.
Wikia has picked up how much funding?
And digital universe certainly started off with $10 million