Google should be careful not to imply they sponsored Intellipedia
Google's Girouard highlights cloud computing's futureHe went on to cite the tens of thousands of Google Earth users among the ranks of federal employees. Girourard noted the 80,000 members of the intelligence community who contribute some 5,000 items daily to Intellipedia, an online information pool that closely reflects methods used in the Google-sponsored Wikipedia.Federal agencies increasingly benefit from Google’s collaborative tools, Girourard said.
Google is pushing into a gray area with Intellipedia. As far as I've heard, Google really has nothing to do with Intellipedia other than it indexes Intellipedia (like any other site). I don't think Google want to tarnish their name by saying or implying that they basically sponsored Intellipedia... I'm sure the folks that really sponsored it and the grass roots effort wouldn't be too appreciative.
Just a thought...
BTW, regarding the article in general, cloud computing does make sense, but the bandwidth capacity and reliability needs to be there before everything can move online. Personally, I'd love to save everything online (in a secure area) so I don't have to worry about backups, by house burning down, etc.
Tags: intellipedia, google, google sponsorship of intellipedia, gcn, government computer news, cloud computing, intelligence community
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