Until Microsoft releases all of its source code they have to go sit in the WikiCorner
I really do not understand the point of view of Wikipedia, nor the very biased author of this silly little article: "Microsoft in hot water over Wikipedia edits"
Let me summarize what I conclude after reading it:
1.
Microsoft, alone, is not allowed to have anyone review or manage
content on WikiPedia. Even if this person is an independant expert on
the subject. Paid, or unpaid.
2. IBM is allowed to have content
updated as they please, and pay people to do it, seemingly because they
support Open Source software in a larger fashion than MSFT. So I guess
that just makes them better?
3. Microsoft's only course of
action in order to have any sort of content on Wikipedia updated is to
create a slew of whitepapers which address each issue and to link into
the Wikipedia and hope that the people at Wikipedia or even IBM review
the whitepapers, and update the content for them. They are not allowed
to tell Wikipedia about it, because they will just be ignored.
As
long as Rick Jelliffe didnt post an ad up for Vista (Buy it now!) then
isnt the whole purpose of Wikipedia to be a collaborative project? Why
is MSFT being singled out here?
The headline should read:
"Wikepedia sells out to IBM and refuses to let Microsoft contribute" or
"Until Microsoft releases all of its source code they have to go sit in
the WikiCorner"