Is that just a guess, or is Wikia in a financial bind?
About Jimbo, that's crazy. There are tons of CEOs that are also on non- profit boards that have similar areas of interest. Jimbo's for-profit companies are what originally helped fund Wikipedia in the first place. For a guy who was so willing to put that money into Wikipedia instead of into his own pockets, I find it hard to believe there is any kind of conflict simply because his latest venture also uses MediaWiki software, or that it is even a viable business strategy.
-- Ned Scott
On Jan 7, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Anthony wrote:
On Jan 7, 2008 7:55 PM, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
Would such a move benefit Wikipedia? I doubt it. If we had to choose between Jimbo and Angela working on both projects, or working only on Wikia, we would be crazy to choose the latter.
In a year or two it probably won't matter anyway, as Wikia won't exist any more.