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highpr · 02-13-2005, 11:56 AM

Wikipedia posted the following page on February 11 - it has since been ammended to remove the reference and quote from the blog link. I have compared the 2 versions below - that's why you see some duplicate text. You can see the current version at:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Google_hosting

[[w:Google Inc.|Google Inc.]] has made a proposal to host some of the content of the [[Wikimedia]] projects. + '''Please note that this page is not an official statement of the [http://wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation].'''

- The terms of the offer are currently being discussed by the [[board]]. The [[developer committee]] has been informed of some of the details via email. A private [[IRC channels|IRC]] meeting with Google is planned for March, 2005. + [[w:Google Inc.|Google Inc.]] have made a proposal to host some of the content of the [[Wikimedia]] projects.
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+ The terms of the offer are currently being discussed by the [[board]]. The [[developer committee]] have been informed of some of the details via email. A private [[IRC channels|IRC]] meeting with Google is planned for March, 2005.

Please note that this agreement does '''not''' mean there is any requirement for us to include [[Advertising on Wikipedia|advertising]] on the site. Please note that this agreement does '''not''' mean there is any requirement for us to include [[Advertising on Wikipedia|advertising]] on the site.

- More details will be put here when the offer is allowed to be made public. + See [[Wikimedia partners and hosts]] for details of other current and proposed hosting arrangements.
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- == From Google blog == +
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- Jimmy Wales --Wikipedia founder-- met with Sergei Brin and Larry Page, who were extremely enthousiastic about the whole project. Google plans to donate a certain number of 'Dual Zeon' servers at one or more of their data centers and with unlimited bandwidth. In some days Wikimedia Foundation Board is to discuss --via IRC-- the agreemente with Google, who aren't to ask anything in return (ads on Wikipedia pages). +
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- * http://google-blog.dirson.com/post.new/0233/

02-13-2005, 11:56 AM	#1
highpr Hoster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 23	Google to Begin Web Hosting? Wikipedia posted the following page on February 11 - it has since been ammended to remove the reference and quote from the blog link. I have compared the 2 versions below - that's why you see some duplicate text. You can see the current version at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Google_hosting [[w:Google Inc.\|Google Inc.]] has made a proposal to host some of the content of the [[Wikimedia]] projects. + '''Please note that this page is not an official statement of the [http://wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation].''' - The terms of the offer are currently being discussed by the [[board]]. The [[developer committee]] has been informed of some of the details via email. A private [[IRC channels\|IRC]] meeting with Google is planned for March, 2005. + [[w:Google Inc.\|Google Inc.]] have made a proposal to host some of the content of the [[Wikimedia]] projects. + + The terms of the offer are currently being discussed by the [[board]]. The [[developer committee]] have been informed of some of the details via email. A private [[IRC channels\|IRC]] meeting with Google is planned for March, 2005. Please note that this agreement does '''not''' mean there is any requirement for us to include [[Advertising on Wikipedia\|advertising]] on the site. Please note that this agreement does '''not''' mean there is any requirement for us to include [[Advertising on Wikipedia\|advertising]] on the site. - More details will be put here when the offer is allowed to be made public. + See [[Wikimedia partners and hosts]] for details of other current and proposed hosting arrangements. - + - == From Google blog == + - + - Jimmy Wales --Wikipedia founder-- met with Sergei Brin and Larry Page, who were extremely enthousiastic about the whole project. Google plans to donate a certain number of 'Dual Zeon' servers at one or more of their data centers and with unlimited bandwidth. In some days Wikimedia Foundation Board is to discuss --via IRC-- the agreemente with Google, who aren't to ask anything in return (ads on Wikipedia pages). + - + - * http://google-blog.dirson.com/post.new/0233/ __________________ Tophosts is #1 for Web Hosting Buyers!