Yes the website <https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/>, and press release <https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/10/25/wikimedia-foundation-launches-wikimedia-enterprise-the-new-opt-in-product-for-companies-and-organizations-to-easily-reuse-content-from-wikipedia-and-wikimedia-projects/>, were "launched" yesterday. Yes, notification was given on this mailing list <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SLJURHLDJMHY5XM7KOJAP7XKPAEU4K5U/> two weeks ago, as well as several others - including wikitech-l, affiliates-l. That message included various new pieces of documentation (including Board statement relating to revenue principles, methods of free-access to the service for community, forthcoming public 'office hours' meetings). Moreover, it also included notification of this impending launch.
- Liam On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 at 17:35, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Wikimedia Enterprise site surely is up: > https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/ > > Did I miss an announcement here on this mailing list? > > At least there was a WMF blog post: > https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/10/25/wikimedia-foundation-launches-wikimedia-enterprise-the-new-opt-in-product-for-companies-and-organizations-to-easily-reuse-content-from-wikipedia-and-wikimedia-projects/ > > Anders: The best thing that could happen to Wikipedia would be to have a > competitor. Think about it for a moment, for God's sake. > > Andreas > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 3:55 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < > galder...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear wikimedians, >> Some years ago, I visited Uzbekistan. I was shocked and amused to find >> that the largest paper note was 2.000 soʻm at that time, with a plan to >> start with the 5.000 paper note soon. The most used one still was the 1.000 >> soʻm note, that was about 35 US cents in the bank and about 20 US cents in >> the street markets. So, the first time we changed two 100 USD$ paper notes >> into soʻm we got around 800 paper notes in bunches of 100. It was quite >> interesting to note that people in the street went with black plastic bags >> full of money in order to buy at the market or get a taxi ride. Some days >> later, I talked to a local taxi driver and he told me that when he bought >> his car, he needed a small truck to carry all the paper notes to the car >> selling store. Of course, I took that as a joke. Then another man said that >> many houses have a room only for storing money, so you can buy a larger >> house in the future. I don't know if this was a practical joke, but that's >> how it was. >> >> Yesterday we launched Wikimedia Enterprise. This e-mail is not to show my >> disagreement with the idea itself, but with the outcome. It seems that the >> purpose of Wikimedia Entrerprise is to have a large money revenue offering >> volunteer's time and content to the rich who are willing to pay for a >> better API. Believe it or not, I like to tax the rich. >> >> We have millions of dollars in our money room, and, if everything goes as >> planned with Wikimedia Enterprise, we will soon need to buy a new house to >> have a larger room to store all those cheques, notes and assets. The room >> will soon look huge and plenty of money. Still, there's no plan to paint >> the house, arrange the sofa, solve the water leakage we have in the toilet, >> mow the lawn or buy a new set of pans so we can cook healthy food there. >> Soon, the cow will start aging and won't have more milk to sell. But yes, >> the money room will be huge. We will have more and more and more millions, >> but we will still... yes... obsolete. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Galder >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/HZALAV3GIRPIHJIHRD4JGMGEKBBF6VGQ/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SJMKECHDDPHRH7AD3Z5W7ADADJYV3Y65/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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