On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Andrew Garrett <agarrett(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I don't know why they bothered using a demo to
explain their
technology, clear explanations like "organize the real-time knowledge
web" and "explore the knowledge web in 1-click" just speak for
themselves.
To be fair, it's clear the guy's English isn't too good.
Thing is though, I just don't see the value in this kind of vague mash
up. Wikipedia is great. Google is great. Trying to mash them together
in some vague "knowledge web"...what problem is this solving? Seems
like it would require some huge critical mass to be useful, but the
concept (whatever it is) is so nebulous it will struggle to attract
contributors.
This is intriguing though:
The Webzzle technology is protected by international
patents. General Internet Company, the startup behind Webzzle, gives free access to the
patents and free use of the technology
Steve