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Wikipedia NOT on the verge of shutting down

WikipediaContrary to popular rumor, it looks like Wikipedia will not have to shut down in three months if it doesn't raise enough money. Dozens of blogs and technology websites have spent the past few days reporting that Wikimedia Foundation chairwoman Florence Devouard said at the LIFT07 conference that Wikipedia "might disappear" if money is not raised.

But Laurent Haug, the founder of LIFT, went back and looked at his actual transcript of Devouard's statements. Basically, Haug asked Devouard how much cash was on hand to run Wikipedia's servers, and she replied three months.

Devouard also pointed out that the foundation is making plans for Wikipedia two years in advance, so there's no expectation that the money's going to dry up entirely. The overall point that was being made was simply that it costs more to run Wikipedia the more popular it gets, and as with any foundation, it's important to continue raising money as you go along.

[via Scobleizer]

Filed under: Developer, Internet, Windows, Microsoft

Microsoft .net dev tools CTP released

Microsoft OrcasThe project codenamed "Orcas" is now available for download. The developer tools release is Microsoft's September customer technology preview (CTP) for the .net framework 3.0. You must have the .net framework and September CTP software development kit (SDK), not to mention a non-express version of Visual Studio 2005 already installed to run the tools in this release. At under 4MB (not quite a whale), the development tools include XAML intellisense support, project templates for Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Communcation Foundation. The dev tools also features the Visual Designer (codename: Cider) for Windows Presentation Foundation, but is sadly not supported by the express editions of Visual Studio 2005. If you understood anything I just said, and it interests you you will be happy to know that it is now ready to be downloaded and I suppose anything else you want to do to it.

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