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Jeroenvrp wikipedia at xs4all.nl
Thu Dec 28 21:28:09 UTC 2006


Op donderdag 28 december 2006 18:57, schreef Andrew Gray:
> But this? "... one company that will really do everything to own
> Wikipedia, it's Virgin."
>
> All I can say is: you wouldn't have said that this time yesterday,
> before people began making wild assumptions. Google would want to take
> us over, perhaps. Encarta or Britannica might want to take us over, at
> least to deal with a threat to the business plan. Any number of
> two-bit "online content" people would jump at the chance.
>
> But Virgin? Why on *earth* do you think Virgin, of all people, deeply
> care about controlling Wikimedia?

That line should read: "one of the companies". Off course I don't think Virgin 
should be the only one, but one off the core businesses of Virgin is 
multi-media. That's why... and yes if you would asked me which companies will 
do everything to own Wikimedia, Virgin would be on that list.

Jeroenvrp



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