Could Open Source Lead to a Meritocratic Search Engine?
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| Whatever search engine the Wikia company produced, it would
| probably have such a large following among the built-in
| open-source and Wikipedia fan base, that traffic wouldn't
| be a problem -- companies at the top of popular search
| results would definitely benefit.
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1355252&from=rss
Related:
Wikipedia Founder: Search is Broken, It's Proprietary
Video: Search is broken
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| Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia's CEO, Gil Penchina,
| explained to CNET News.com how they are going to try to improve
| online search.
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http://news.com.com/1606-2-6150975.html?tag=st.rb
The video is said to be sponsored by a proprietary software giant, quite
ironically.
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