[LIS-Forum] WIKI FREES UP INTERNET PUBLISHING

[Farooque Shaheen]

Free software is about to get freer. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on 
Monday his for-profit company, Wikia, is ready to give away ?for free ? 
all the software, computing, storage and network access that website 
builders need to create community collaboration sites.

Wikia, a commercial counterpart to the non-profit Wikipedia, will go even 
further to provide customers ? bloggers or other operators who meet its 
criteria for popular websites ? 100% of any advertising revenue from the 
sites they build.

Started two years ago, Wikia (http://www.wikia.com) aims to build on the 
anyone-can-edit success of the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia. Using the 
same underlying software, called MediaWiki, Wikia hosts group publishing 
sites, known as wikis, on topics from Star Wars to psychology to travel to 
iPods. ?It is open-source software and open content,? Wales said in a 
phone interview. ?We will be providing the computer hosting for free, and 
the publisher can keep the advertising revenue.?
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/780225.cms

Thanks & Regards,
Farooque Shaheen,
Caritor India Pvt Ltd.
Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105
VOIP- 40366
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Free software is about to get freer. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday his for-profit company, Wikia, is ready to give away —for free — all the software, computing, storage and network access that website builders need to create community collaboration sites.
Wikia, a commercial counterpart to the non-profit Wikipedia, will go even further to provide customers — bloggers or other operators who meet its criteria for popular websites — 100% of any advertising revenue from the sites they build.
Started two years ago, Wikia (http://www.wikia.com) aims to build on the anyone-can-edit success of the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia. Using the same underlying software, called MediaWiki, Wikia hosts group publishing sites, known as wikis, on topics from Star Wars to psychology to travel to iPods. “It is open-source software and open content,” Wales said in a phone interview. “We will be providing the computer hosting for free, and the publisher can keep the advertising revenue.”
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/780225.cms
Thanks & Regards,
Farooque Shaheen,
Caritor India Pvt Ltd.
Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105
VOIP- 40366