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Wikipedia's open-source label conundrum

December 9, 2005 Despite a media habit of referring to Wikipedia as an open-source project, it looks only a little like such software efforts. TAGS: Wikipedia, podcasting, open source, open-source software, founder, Linux, conference

Confessions of a journo-elitist

January 19, 2007 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper ponders whether the Wikipedification of the future is inevitable--and what that may mean. TAGS: Jimmy Wales, Sports Illustrated, Wikipedia, Wiki, open source

Open-source project treads on Google Maps turf

November 13, 2006 Volunteers with GPS devices aim to map the planet and loosen the grip of government on geographic data. TAGS: volunteer, Google Maps, open source, Wikipedia, planet, Britain, U.K., London, Wiki, map, Google Inc., GPS

Wikibooks takes on textbook industry

September 28, 2005 Project aims to create open-ended curriculum that would offer a free, licensable alternative to traditional textbooks. TAGS: Jimmy Wales, textbook, curriculum, biology, project, open source, Wikipedia, college, Google Inc.

Start-up brings glitch wiki to IT pros

April 3, 2006 Splunk believes tech administrators deserve a Wikipedia equivalent for tracking system data center errors and events. TAGS: autonomic computing, log file, Wiki, system administrator, administrator, Wikipedia, Web server, IBM Corp., start-up, open source, information technology, server, database

Year in review: New media takes center stage

December 15, 2005 Blogs continued their assault on mainstream consciousness in 2005, joined by another brash new-media upstart: the wiki. TAGS: Wiki, Weblogs Inc., blogger, Wikipedia, podcasting, tagging, blog, Flickr, open source, article, Apple Computer
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