On 12/28/06, Anthony <wikilegal inbox.org> wrote:
>
> On 12/28/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwellgmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/28/06, Anthony <wikilegalinbox.org> wrote:
> > > (Yes, that was sarcasm. A distributed
Wikipedia could be done, and it
> > > could be done for less than 1.5 million.
That's my belief and I'm
> > > sticking with it. Just because something
hasn't been done before
> > > doesn't make it impossible.)
> >
> > Then don't let those who say it can't be done stop
you from doing it.
>
> As I've said, it *will* happen. The forks *will* come,
and one of
> them *will* pick up on the idea. Why don't *I* do it
now, today?
> Well, I don't have anywhere *near* 1.5 million, for
starters. I also
> don't have those all important wikipedia domain names.
>
> > Show us the code.
> >
> If you're really interested in seeing this achieved,
contact me off
> list. This list isn't really the place to discuss the
details,
> especially as the management of the foundation isn't
interested.
>
> > (although when you have solved the underlying
issues, there are folks
> > at major database companies who will likely want
to pay you lots to
> > apply your solutions to their database products...
and you'll lose
> > interest in this wiki stuff.  )
>
> I doubt it.
>
Anthony,
Do you have an architectural design concept specification
for this
distributed wiki, including dataflow paths and consistency
model?
What is your background in distributed computing programming
and
architecture, and database architecture issues?
Thanks.
--
-george william herbert
george.herbertgmail.com
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