Any Text. Anytime. Anywhere. (Any Volunteers?)

Slashdot pointed the way to This Wired Story on Project Gutenberg.

It seems the hard task is mobilizing the resources to build it, and that excludes the Millions it\’s going to cost.

Project Gutenberg, however, has failed to achieve any form of critical mass. It\’s not a high priority for governments. It hasn\’t attracted large donations from foundations. Since the whole point is to create a free universal online library, it won\’t be driven by markets. And as an open source project, the positive-feedback loops are not strong enough. The work is time-consuming and boring.

January 30, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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