Sloan Foundation gives Wikimedia Foundation $3 million
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| Talk about hot foundation-on-foundation action.
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| On Tuesday, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced it was giving the
| Wikimedia Foundation--which runs Wikipedia--$3 million.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9903050-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
New conference related to this just been announced:
Open Web Vancouver 2008
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| The goal of the Open Web conference is to showcase open web technologies,
| communities and culture, and to evangelize the Open Web to developers,
| designers, organizers and the community at large. Get involved! Volunteer!
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http://www.openwebvancouver.ca/
Microsoft is trying to close the Web.
Related:
Microsoft Hires Programmer to edit Wikipedia Entry For OOXML
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/79130/index.html
Microsoft Program Manager: Wikipedia is a Giant Joke
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| I am especially amused by all the bits in red font since they are
| either borderline libel or just straight up hilarious.
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http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=136975bc-b378-4408-bf7e-dbaa28fe21e6
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