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[News] Google Launches Wikipedia Rival

Encouraging people to contribute knowledge

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| Knols will include strong community tools. People will be able to submit 
| comments, questions, edits, additional content, and so on. Anyone will be 
| able to rate a knol or write a review of it. Knols will also include 
| references and links to additional information. At the discretion of the 
| author, a knol may include ads. If an author chooses to include ads, Google 
| will provide the author with substantial revenue share from the proceeds of 
| those ads.       
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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/encouraging-people-to-contribute.html

Another new example of collaboration:

ClamAV Gets a Supporters Club

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| It is in everyone's interest to make the anti-virus program they use better. 
| One way to do that is to send any information you have about new viruses in 
| the hope that everyone else will do the same.   
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=282&blogid=14


Related:

Openness 'Mandatory,' Says Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales

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| Wales is on the board of Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that has 
| released licenses for music, photographs and other content that are more open 
| than traditional copyrights. He also predicted that as Creative Commons 
| licenses become more popular, it will help contribute to the culture of 
| openness and transparency that is taking shape online.    
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| "Openness and transparency are going to be absolutely mandatory," Wales 
| said. "The public expects it, the public deserves it, and there are ways that 
| we can make that happen today."  
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60153.html


Wikipedia - $1,000,000 in donations!

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| Wikipedia entered 2007 as one of the most visited 10 websites
| in the world. What could be more relevant as a proof of success? 
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http://www.our-picks.com/archives/2007/01/10/wikipedia-1000000-in-donations/


Wikipedia becomes a class assignment

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| University of Washington-Bothell professor Martha Groom has more of an "If 
| you can't beat 'em, join 'em" response to the online encyclopedia that anyone 
| can write or edit.  
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_wikipedia_term_papers


Microsoft Hires Programmer [Shill] to edit Wikipedia Entry For OOXML

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/79130/index.html

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