February 14, 2005

Wiki Google?

Google may host encyclopedia project by Matt Hines. CNet. (Feb 11) "Wiki Media Foundation, the group behind the Wikipedia online encyclopedia project, said Friday that search giant Google has volunteered to host some of its content on company servers."

John Dvorak at PC Magazine isn't sure that Google's motives are 100% altruistic. He gives the example of Google's lacklustre support of usenet newsgroups through Google Groups. Googlepedia: The End is Near (Feb 14) - Google is now a public corporation. Can it be trusted to always do the right thing, the demands for profit being what they are?

Posted by Gwen at February 14, 2005 11:32 AM