[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia struggles, Mozilla set for life?

[Erik Moeller]

On 10/24/07, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
> A corporation willing to invest $10M could very credibly seek to fork
> Wikipedia, develop an advertising supported model, and introduce changes in
> the community structure that might attact new volunteers.

Some things are more likely to happen in theory than in practice. :-)
Few corporations even begin to grasp the dynamics of a community like
ours. Wikia is a notable exception; they actually seem to genuinely
care about building real communities, respect free licensing, etc. But
look who started that company.

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Erik

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