[ic] Interchange Wikipedia article deleted

Sam Batschelet sbatschelet at mac.com
Tue Dec 18 21:05:44 UTC 2012


On Dec 18, 2012, at 3:44 PM, William Carr wrote:

> 
> On Dec 18, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Paul Jordan <paul at gishnetwork.com> wrote:
> 
>>> On 18/12/12 22:23, Gert van der Spoel wrote:
>>>> I have no account on Wikipedia, no clue how to communicate this
>>>> information, so if anybody knows and thinks this offers some ammo into
>>>> keeping Interchange on Wikipedia, have at it.
>>> 
>>> Please make an effort, there needs to be someone other than me
>>> advocating to keep the interchange page, and preferably a few people.  I
>>> know there are people here who can help, and I do think it's worth the
>> small
>>> amount of time it takes to figure out how to post in support.
>> 
>> I posted a lengthy retort. However, I am not a Wikipedia user and it was
>> very confusing, and I am not really sure where the message went on
>> Wikipedia.
>> 
>> I think the best arguments are they it is included by default with Cpanel,
>> which rightly or wrongly is probably the most prevalent admin software in
>> the world. It's included alongside Apache, Mysql, and Postgres. 
>> 
>> It's also a worthy argument that it is Open Source software that existed
>> before Wikipedia, which Wikipedia itself owes its existence to not only open
>> source software, but also open source labor (even though they outright ask
>> for cash on their website). 
>> 
>> Many more tools (in the physical world) that are included on Wikipedia have
>> made much less of an impact on society than Interchange, with at least
>> several running multi million dollar businesses, affecting peoples, their
>> families, and their users lives daily.
> Interchange is running everyone of these sites: http://www.bottlenose-wine.com/selected_sites
> 
> -Bill Carr
I will add this Bill Thanks




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