--- Jimmy Wales jwales@bomis.com wrote:
Axel Boldt wrote:
Administratively, this is very nice. If they want
a change in software,
configuration, or hardware, they have to do it
themselves. Less work
for us, more control for them. I expect that many
active international
Wikipedias will go that route over time.
I expect and hope for the opposite, a united world community, working together in peace and harmony for the betterment of all. I oppose Balkanization, or the assumption that differences are more important than similarities.
There are many benefits to working together -- a positive change to internationalization features will benefit all languages, not just one. Going off into separate groups, with separate servers, separate software is a step away from harmony.
A world-wide community doesn't have to use the same server. Part of the tension we've had with the other language projects is that they feel the people running the server haven't been responsive to them. If the contributors have control over their server, this problem is eliminated.
We don't need a centralized server to work as one organization.
Stephen G.
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