http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/is/20010314/bs/brittanica_com_look_under_m_for_...
I think that Britannica's woes will only deepen. It's hard to compete against _free_ volunteer projects like Nupedia and Wikipedia. Of course, we aren't really making a dent in them yet, but anything they do which presupposes that people will be willing to pay for their content will be disastrous for them in the "long" run -- the 5-10 years it will take for Nupedia to be competitive with them, or the 1-2 years that Wikipedia will take.
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