On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 6:20 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro@gmail.comwrote:
I think in fact that the headline is misleading. This isn't really a case of Britannica taking on Wikipedia. It is more like they may have seen Veropedia in their rear view mirror, and gotten scared. A peer reviewed study that unfavorably compared Britannica with Veropedia in terms of timeliness, scope and accuracy would be quite devastating to Britannica, since Veropedia also vets its contents.
Was that before or after Veropedia dropped off the face of the planet, the company that runs it was administratively dissolved by the state, and the founder was spotted begging Obama for government handouts?