Re: "Anonymous Source Is Not the Same as Open Source" (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/business/yourmoney/12digi.html):

Thanks very much for this thoughtful article on Wikipedia.

One thing I would like to note: although the English edition is not at 1.0 release stage yet, the Wikipedia model can in fact produce a finished product - as proven by the German edition, which has just done its third release on DVD, selling several tens of thousands of copies at 10 euros each. And DigitalMedia, the company that released the DVD is now working on doing a 100-volume paper edition, to be released from 2007 to 2010. I'll be first to admit we're nowhere near Britannica in quality (although we tested about as good in science coverage in a recent survey by 'Nature'), the Wikipedia model does produce publishable results that people will pay real money for.

- thanks, David.