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Google Donates $2 Million To the Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 18, 2010 @03:41AM 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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Re:May be by Anonymous Coward · 2010-02-18 04:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Well, Slashdot would have to post an article every day if they followed how much money Microsoft and the B&MGF donate.
Major news channels only feature them when they make donations in the order of billions of USD, but they donate, invest or grant smaller amounts quite often.