Another set of replies.
I wrote:
... On the other hand, if you pretend that it isn't happening, or dismiss my concerns, you'll just be digging yourselves even deeper into the hole you're already in. Remember: the world is watching.
Sam Korn replied:
What hole are we in, pray?
The reputation of Wikipedia as an endless source of scandal and dishonesty, coupled with this open letter, in which I decided to use whatever weight my views have in the "court of public opinion" to confront the project's leading light. Deny it if you must, but you have a problem on your hands.
A problem you are trying to stir up. As far as "Wikipedia [being] an endless source of scandal and dishonesty", that is an artifact of your own wishful thinking. As the promoter of a competing project your interest is transparent. I do think an apology is due you from Jimmy Wales, but that ought to be the end of it.
Fred Bauder