Wales, who also founded user-generated online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, hopes Wikia Search will eventually rival other search companies, by making the way in which search results are arrived at more "transparent".
Therefore, Microsoft has openly encouraged its partners to participate where they have an interest. Greve claimed Microsoft partners encouraged to join at the last minute would not have enough time to read the 6,000-page specification in depth.
We're not talking jingles or ad soundtracks here, but the rabble-rousing, feel-good motivational songs employees are probably encouraged to bellow during team-building away-days. If you must, see http://www.warnerbros.com/pages/main/home.jsp
Early reports suggest InfoPath is massively complex and may hinder its uptake. Developers will be encouraged to write their own applications for this 'new platform'. The company needed XML to come along to act as the 'glue' and, again with a nod to...
Auntie will be running a competition asking the viewing public to help in redesigning its website, using popular tech sites such as Technorati, Wikipedia and YouTube as examples. User-generated community sites such as Bebo and MySpace have one key...
In that sense the solutions are 'market' solutions, although - like Wikipedia's security model - they need not depend on an exchange of money for services to improve the system. It's been fascinating to me that China has seen a strong uptake of GNU...