First heard about it at http://news.com.com/Wikipedia+alternative+aims+to+be+PBS+of+the+Web/2100-10… Looks like it's going to be a collection of lots of works with varying licenses, a good alternative to a collection of information from a bunch of people who have no business writing an encyclopedia. Explore, Inform, and Contribute will be free to the public. Premium services may be offered in the future to access content with protected intellectual property." On 12/19/05, Justin Cormack <justin(a)specialbusservice.com> wrote:

Justin Cormack wrote: From http://www.digitaluniverse.net/experience/portals/ it appears they currently have 3 portals ready: The Arctic, Energy and Texas. Not much of a digital "Universe" is it? What's worrying is the number and calibre of the experts they seem to have attracted - http://www.manyone.net/about/directors/ http://www.manyone.net/about/advisors/ http://www.manyone.net/about/foundation/ the wub

Justin Cormack wrote: Larry gets points for putting his money (metaphorically) where his mouth is. Be interesting to see if he can achieve his happy medium between Nupedia and Wikipedia. - d.