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[David R.Matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

On Mar 17, 2004, at 9:43 AM, Sil Greene wrote:

> So I hate to encourage the recent rash of crosspostings from Slashdot, 
> but
> this just might get me mad.  I'm not quite sure yet.

oh, so thankful that i don't read /.

> I've always been a big fan of Project Gutenberg and its aims.  Now,
> something called the World eBook Library has put forward Project 
> Gutenberg
> 2, providing public access to 27,000 HTML eBooks and paid member access
> to 60,000 PDF eBooks.  The PG2 webpage claims no affiliation or funding
> from Project Gutenberg or the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive
> Foundation.

providing resources is an admirable goal.  please see my next message 
for information on how to increase *your* personal resource base.

> <snip>
>
> What might get me mad is the World eBook Library's use of PG's good 
> name
> for a paid service.  I have no beef with the service; if it's useful
> and cheap, I might use it, but more likely I won't.  I take issue with 
> the
> possibility of someone confusing these guys with Project Gutenberg.
> (Are they really claiming "7 years .. [of pioneering] Internet Library
> services"?! .. huh?!?)

well, this sort of thing happens all the time.  take, for example, my 
current initiative to run ibiblio2 out of my house.  the pilot project 
has been a 40GB iPod hooked up to a T1 line, but the OC12 should be 
installed before this weekend and by next monday the exclusive 
members-only pay site ibiblio2 will be up and running.  what does 
ibiblio2 serve?  "Anything you want."


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