[News] First They Ignore, Then They Laugh... Then Wikipedia Wins

Wikipedia becomes a class assignment

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| University of Washington-Bothell professor Martha Groom has more of an "If
| you can't beat 'em, join 'em" response to the online encyclopedia that anyone
| can write or edit.
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[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_wikipedia_term_papers[/url]

Sounds like the same issue that the music industry (record companies) and
proprietary software companies are having. This time it's literature that
can't cope with collaborative efforts and cost-driven disruption.


Related:

Microsoft Hires Programmer to edit Wikipedia Entry For OOXML

[url]http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/79130/index.html[/url]


Seeing Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia Edits

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| The SCO Group, a software maker in Salt Lake City, made changes to product
| information in its own entry this year. The company has been involved in
| legal disputes over the rights to some open-source software. Â*
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[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/technology/19wikipedia.html?_r=3&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin[/url]


Cjhebgen re-writing SCO's history on Wikipedia

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| It's very interesting what changes they try and make. Like they've
| removed the link to Groklaw
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[url]http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_(A_to_Z)/Stocks_S/threadview?m=tm&bn=2942&tid=415572&mid=415572&tof=5&frt=2[/url]

What an idiot you are. Charity has been around for as long as
civilization. The Red Cross depends on donations rather than dues--
you wanna call that "open source"? I contribute to Wikipedia all the
time and write it off as a business expense.

You're a fool.

RL

On Oct 31, 10:04 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@schestowitz.com>
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> Wikipedia becomes a class assignment[/color]