aiolos
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| Should micros0ft Pay for Wikipedia Edits? |
 Posted: Tue 23 Jan, 2007 |
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Wikipedia looses a little more of its credibility :
A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by micros0ft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move.
Rick Jelliffe, chief technology officer of XML tools company Topologi, said he will probably accept a contract from micros0ft to edit Wikipedia entries on ODF (OpenDocument Format) and OOXML (micros0ft Office Open XML), competing document format standards.
In a blog posting on the O'Reilly Web site, Jelliffe said he recently received an e-mail from micros0ft saying that the company wanted to contract someone "independent but friendly" for a couple of days to provide "more balance" on Wikipedia concerning the ODF and OOXML formats. Jelliffe said he rarely uses micros0ft products and does not imagine he is viewed as a micros0ft enthusiast.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128634/article.html |
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pakigang
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| Posted: Wed 24 Jan, 2007 |
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I don't trust wikipedia anyway although they do provide a good read. |
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