Money makes the Wikipedia go round http://noooxml.wikidot.com/forum/t-261047/money-makes-the-wikipedia-go-round Posts in the discussion thread "Money makes the Wikipedia go round" - Did you notice, the open xml controversy is gone. Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:29:47 +0000 http://noooxml.wikidot.com/forum/t-261047#post-858299 Money makes the Wikipedia go round http://noooxml.wikidot.com/forum/t-261047/money-makes-the-wikipedia-go-round#post-858299 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:01:06 +0000 podmokle 3547 The Open XML process is a great case study why Wikipedia is not always reliable, when money comes into play. Even before the heated phases of the Open XML discussions at ISO a scandal rocked the Wikipedia scene. Rick Jelliffe disclosed in his blog that he was offered money by a company to edit the Open XML article. At that is exactly how this article looks until this very day, a honeypot for young wikipedians who want to watch the dirty tricks.

Throughout the controversial phases the editing process demonstrated a clear bias of professional editors towards a certain corporate agenda and pushed the Open XML article towards a "shadow article" as a target, close to advertisement. So regardless what was changed by the 'ordinary guys' would be reversed, step by step.

Now the Open XML controversy is gone. We have to understand that a lot of money is at stake. Consider that the Council could save 50 Million Pounds by shifting to ODF and open source. And that is just a tiny example.

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