This comment on slashdot isn't ignorant:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=172759&cid=14379365
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I've donated to Wikipedia twice in a year. At this point, I've given
probably four times the amount of money that I would for, say,
Encarta. I love Wikipedia, but 1) I don't have a permanent copy of it
on a DVD, like I would for Encarta,
I have on in my hand right now!
However, it's in German. The English-language market is missing out...
-- brion vibber (brion @