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Online Hitchhiker's Guide Thriving

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-a-towel dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A company bought the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy website (h2g2.com) back in 2011 after the BBC decided to dispose of it as part of a cost saving measure. Although it still isn't a complete guide to to Life, The Universe and Everything, it has just celebrated its 14th birthday as a constantly expanding, user-generated work."

2 of 40 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wikipedia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    h2g2 started in 1999, a few years before wiki :p

  2. Re:Wikipedia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Metalicca? Watch out for those Chinese knock-offs!