Project Gutenberg Fears No Google

Interesting Interview With Project Gutenberg’s founder Michael Hart. Mr. Hart, an eccentric technologist and bibliophile, still shepherds the effort on a shoestring budget from his computer-filled home in Urbana, Ill. But as bigwigs like Google, Yahoo, Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. launch their own high-tech versions of what Mr. Hart has been doing for years, the 58-year-old Internet pioneer is feeling left behind. Mr. Hart spoke with the Online Journal’s Vauhini Vara about where Project Gutenberg stands, the challenges ahead and scanning Shakespeare.