- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:14:05 -0500
- To: metadataportals@yahoo.com
- CC: semantic-web <semantic-web@w3.org>, public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>
Sw-MetaPortal-ProjectParadigm wrote: > The next Internet giant company will be linking open data and > providing open access to repositories, in the process seamlessly > combining both paid for subscriptions, Creative Commons or similar > license based or open source software schemes. > > Revenues will be generated among other things from online advertising > streams currently not utilized by Google or Yahoo! > > In the big scheme of things this company will redefine the concept of > internet search to provide access to deep(er) web levels of data and > information for which users will be willing to pay an annual flat fee > subscription. > > Sound improbable? Non-profit organizations dedicated to providing > global open access will soon start exploring just such business > schemes to determine if it is feasible to fund and maintain the server > farms, hard and software to do just that. > Milton, Not improbable, that's what coming :-) The only tweak of you statement would be this: there will be a federation of linked data spaces rather than a single behemoth :-) Kingsley > > Milton Ponson > GSM: +297 747 8280 > Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation > PO Box 1154, Oranjestad > Aruba, Dutch Caribbean > www.rainbowwarriors.net > Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for > sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide > www.projectparadigm.info > NGO-Opensource: Creating ICT tools for NGOs worldwide for Project Paradigm > www.ngo-opensource.org > MetaPortal: providing online access to web sites and repositories of > data and information for sustainable development > www.metaportal.info > SemanticWebSoftware, part of NGO-Opensource to enable SW technologies > in the Metaportal project > www.semanticwebsoftware.org > > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
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