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Google Donates $2 Million To the Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the citation-needed dept.

k33l0r writes "Yesterday, the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia and other projects, announced that it has received a $2 million donation from Google. This is the first time that Google has supported Wikipedia, and it has many wondering why. Anyone remember Knol, Google's answer to Wikipedia?"

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  1. Re:No. No one remembers by TheNinjaroach · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The impact of the Gates' money is immediate, but in the long run a well-funded knowledge base is much more effective at raising the standard of living worldwide. Again, Google upstages Microsoft. Is there anything they can't fail at?

    No, Google donating $2 million to Wikipedia doesn't even come close to upstaging the enormous philanthropy of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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  2. Probably a Waste by afabbro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The problem with giving to Wikimedia is that they have been so wasteful of the money they've been given. The move to the Bay Area is chief exhibit #1 - why move an organization whose whole purpose, mission, and asset is a web page to one of the most expensive real estate locations on earth?

    I'm not the only one who thinks Wikimedia has more than enough money.

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