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[[Openserving]] is a project owned by [[Wikia]], founded on December 12, 2006.<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Wikipedia founder remakes Web-publishing economics |url=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/software/2006-12-12-wiki-free-tools_x.htm?csp=34
|work= |publisher=[[Reuters]]/[[USA Today]] |date=December 12, 2006 |accessdate=2007-10-04 }}</ref> Openserving, like Wikia, offers wiki hosting, but differs from Wikia in that it will supposedly give the founder of the wiki the revenue from the advertising on the site,<ref name="dailytimes">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=
Wikipedia to share collaborative software|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\18\story_18-12-2006_pg6_1 |work= |publisher=Daily Times |date=December 18, 2006 |accessdate=2007-10-04 }}</ref> and unlike other hosts, Openserving doesn't charge for anything.<ref name="usatoday"/> According to [[Jimmy Wales]] the site saw several thousand applications within the first month, [[January 2007]].<ref name="journal">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Wikis can succeed on newspaper sites, claims Wikipedia founder |url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/53151.php |work= |publisher=Online Journalism News, Journalism.co.uk |date=January 19, 2007 |accessdate=2007-10-04 }}</ref> However, nearly a year later, and no sites have actually been launched under the Openserving banner. The project has not issued any press releases since [[December 2006]].
Openserving used a modified version of [[Wikimedia]]'s [[Metawiki]] [[wiki]] software created by [[ArmchairGM]], but was going to be branching out to other opensource packages.<ref name="usatoday"/>
Currently [http://openserving.com Openserving.com] redirects to [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia.com].
== Notes ==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.openserving.com/ openserving.com]
* [http://openserving.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wikia.com OpenServing page]
*[http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikia-announces-free-wiki-hosting/ Wikia Announces Free Wiki Hosting], [[TechCrunch]], [[December 11]], [[2006]]
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Dec_11/ai_n16883902 Wikia Unveils OpenServing - the Mother of All Freebies], [[Business Wire]], Dec 11, 2006
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200612/ai_n16941229 Wikipedia founder to share collaborative software], [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]], December, 2006
|work= |publisher=[[Reuters]]/[[USA Today]] |date=December 12, 2006 |accessdate=2007-10-04 }}</ref> Openserving, like Wikia, offers wiki hosting, but differs from Wikia in that it will supposedly give the founder of the wiki the revenue from the advertising on the site,<ref name="dailytimes">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=
Wikipedia to share collaborative software|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\18\story_18-12-2006_pg6_1 |work= |publisher=Daily Times |date=December 18, 2006 |accessdate=2007-10-04 }}</ref> and unlike other hosts, Openserving doesn't charge for anything.<ref name="usatoday"/> According to [[Jimmy Wales]] the site saw several thousand applications within the first month, [[January 2007]].<ref name="journal">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Wikis can succeed on newspaper sites, claims Wikipedia founder |url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/53151.php |work= |publisher=Online Journalism News, Journalism.co.uk |date=January 19, 2007 |accessdate=2007-10-04 }}</ref> However, nearly a year later, and no sites have actually been launched under the Openserving banner. The project has not issued any press releases since [[December 2006]].
Openserving used a modified version of [[Wikimedia]]'s [[Metawiki]] [[wiki]] software created by [[ArmchairGM]], but was going to be branching out to other opensource packages.<ref name="usatoday"/>
Currently [http://openserving.com Openserving.com] redirects to [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia.com].
== Notes ==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.openserving.com/ openserving.com]
* [http://openserving.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wikia.com OpenServing page]
*[http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikia-announces-free-wiki-hosting/ Wikia Announces Free Wiki Hosting], [[TechCrunch]], [[December 11]], [[2006]]
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Dec_11/ai_n16883902 Wikia Unveils OpenServing - the Mother of All Freebies], [[Business Wire]], Dec 11, 2006
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200612/ai_n16941229 Wikipedia founder to share collaborative software], [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]], December, 2006
