[Wikipedia-l] telepolis on wikipedia on WOS 03 (Berlin, June 2004)

Tue Jun 1 10:02:07 UTC 2004

http://www.heise.de/tp/english/special/wos/17544/1.html

The Planet of Free Knowledge

Volker Grassmuck   01.06.2004

The future of the digital commons will be discussed during the 
conference Wizards of OS 3

The  Wizards of OS 3 (10-12 June 2004, Berliner Congress Center) is 
bringing together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars and 
practitioners from the planet of free knowledge. This planet is bustling 
with activity. Everywhere there are people creating and exchanging 
information, working together to build a solid foundation of free 
technology and to erect cathedrals of wisdom -- by all and for all -- 
such as Wikipedia. Some are labouring to bring science back to its 
philosophical foundations: an unencumbered exchange of ideas and the 
freedom essential for research and innovation.

http://www.heise.de/tp/english/special/wos/17549/1.html

The Online Library of Alexandria

Stefan Krempl   01.06.2004

Interview with Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the ever-growing online 
encyclopedia Wikipedia

Open Content -- the effort of the Online Community to produce freely 
available editorial essays, articles, and other forms of writings -- has 
become a major success in the realm of Open Source. Pioneer is the Web 
based encyclopedia  Wikipedia which is supposed reach another milestone 
of 300.000 articles soon. The open content forerunner is giving 
commercial encyclopedias like Britannica or Encarta a hard time, since 
they are loosing customers quickly now.
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nach uns der synflood.