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aiolos

Tue 23 Jan, 2007


Should micros0ft Pay for Wikipedia Edits?

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A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Rick Jelliffe,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> chief technology officer of XML tools company Topologi,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> said he will probably accept a contract from Microsoft to edit Wikipedia entries on ODF <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>(OpenDocument Format)<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> and OOXML <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>(Microsoft Office Open XML)<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> competing document format standards.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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In a blog posting on the O'Reilly Web site,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Jelliffe said he recently received an e-mail from Microsoft saying that the company wanted to contract someone <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"independent but friendly"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> for a couple of days to provide <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"more balance"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> on Wikipedia concerning the ODF and OOXML formats.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Jelliffe said he rarely uses Microsoft products and does not imagine he is viewed as a Microsoft enthusiast.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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http:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/www.pcworld.com/article/id,128634/article.html


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pakigang

Wed 24 Jan, 2007



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I don't trust wikipedia anyway although they do provide a good read.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>