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Dvorak on Google and Wikipedia
cryptoluddite writes "PC Magazine has an article by John C. Dvorak expanding on the community discussion of Google's offer for free web hosting of Wikipedia. Those against the deal point out that Google may be planning to co-opt the encyclopedia as Googlepedia (by restricting access to the complete database). In a revealing speech given by the Google founders, Larry Page says he would 'like to see a model where you can buy into the world's content. Let's say you pay $20 per month.' Should public domain information be free?" It's a pretty scary scenario painted, but one can hardly take a speech from 2001 as serious evidence these days. Update: 02/16 20:16 GMT by T : This story links inadvertently to the second page of the column; here's a link to the first page.
Google's one step closer to taking over the world now...
What do we do if Google turns evil?
I'm a big tall mofo.
It's a pretty scary scenario painted, but one can hardly take a speech from 2001 as serious evidence these days.
*insert Bush comment about hunting down Osama Bin Laden here*
Hey, you're right!
What does Google have a monopoly on? There are other search engines I can easily use. Maybe you should look up the definition of monopoly?
But what if Googlepedia has already changed the definition of monopoly? brrr...
"In our tactical decisions, we are operating contrary to our strategic interest."
I seriously think Google is offering to host Wikipedia because they are tired of seeing their bot timeout when indexing pages from the site.
Sindri Traustason.
here is the google mirror...
.siht fo em sdnimer taht
"When the atomic bomb goes off there's devastation...but when the atomic bong goes off there's celebraaaaation!"