Keith Old wrote: > "In a move to take on Wikipedia, the *Encyclopedia Britannica* is inviting > the hoi polloi to edit, enhance and contribute to its online version. > > New features enabling the inclusion of this user-generated content will be > rolled out on the encyclopedia's website over the next 24 hours, * > Britannica's* president, Jorge Cauz, said in an interview today." (More in > story) > What's their business plan? Vetting the information to the standards they profess is going to take a considerable staff to keep up with the work that could in theory come their way.
What will be their revenue source to sustain all this? There's a limited market for multi-volume dead-tree encyclopædias, and depending on advertising revenues in the middle of a global financial is not very secure. Maybe a sugar-daddy with bottomless pockets and insatiable vanity? Ec _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
