Even if Virgin's final goal is to own Wikipedia, their opinion remains irrelevant. Their money doesn't come with terms beyond the matching funds agreement.
If I offered you US$100 with no strings attached, you would (and should) take it. Even if I had a secret plan to bankrupt you, that wouldn't change the actual $100.
Jeroenvrp wrote:
Op donderdag 28 december 2006 18:57, schreef Andrew Gray:
But this? "... one company that will really do everything to own Wikipedia, it's Virgin."
All I can say is: you wouldn't have said that this time yesterday, before people began making wild assumptions. Google would want to take us over, perhaps. Encarta or Britannica might want to take us over, at least to deal with a threat to the business plan. Any number of two-bit "online content" people would jump at the chance.
But Virgin? Why on *earth* do you think Virgin, of all people, deeply care about controlling Wikimedia?
That line should read: "one of the companies". Off course I don't think Virgin should be the only one, but one off the core businesses of Virgin is multi-media. That's why... and yes if you would asked me which companies will do everything to own Wikimedia, Virgin would be on that list.
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