http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/personal_tech...
"After taking a brief look, I'm convinced that Firmage [founder of Digital Universe] still lacks a firm grasp of product development. The site is confusing to access, ponderous to navigate and sloppily put together."
In my opinion a rather accurate description of the product as launched. Note that the encyclopedia portion has not yet been made available to the public, and that the media (and to some extent even the Wikipedia article) tends to confuse Digital Universe with the encyclopedia project.
Poor Larry, he seems to have gotten behind the wrong group. But who knows, maybe DU will be able to make a 180 once the encyclopedia launches.
Anthony