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Branko Collin · 01-11-2006, 01:03 PM

Disclaimer: I am a Project Gutenberg volunteer, but I have no idea why the Google thing did not work out.

Many "open", volunteer-driven projects fail to get corporate cooperation other than some sponsorships. For PG to be interesting to Google, it should be accountable, it should be scalable, it should be many things you cannot get from PG simply because these are things you cannot ask of volunteers.

--Branko Collin

01-11-2006, 01:03 PM	#4
Branko Collin Nameless Being	Disclaimer: I am a Project Gutenberg volunteer, but I have no idea why the Google thing did not work out. Many "open", volunteer-driven projects fail to get corporate cooperation other than some sponsorships. For PG to be interesting to Google, it should be accountable, it should be scalable, it should be many things you cannot get from PG simply because these are things you cannot ask of volunteers. --Branko Collin