[Foundation-l] new site notice now ready

Anthony wikilegal at inbox.org
Thu Dec 28 21:38:45 UTC 2006


On 12/28/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/28/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > (Yes, that was sarcasm.  A distributed Wikipedia could be done, and it
> > could be done for less than 1.5 million.  That's my belief and I'm
> > sticking with it.  Just because something hasn't been done before
> > doesn't make it impossible.)
>
> Then don't let those who say it can't be done stop you from doing it.

As I've said, it *will* happen.  The forks *will* come, and one of
them *will* pick up on the idea.  Why don't *I* do it now, today?
Well, I don't have anywhere *near* 1.5 million, for starters.  I also
don't have those all important wikipedia domain names.

> Show us the code.
>
If you're really interested in seeing this achieved, contact me off
list.  This list isn't really the place to discuss the details,
especially as the management of the foundation isn't interested.

> (although when you have solved the underlying issues, there are folks
> at major database companies who will likely want to pay you lots to
> apply your solutions to their database products... and you'll lose
> interest in this wiki stuff. :) )

I doubt it.

Anthony



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