On 10/24/07, Robert Rohde <rarohde(a)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.
Wikia has picked up how much funding?
And digital universe certainly started off with $10 million
--
geni