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'''Openserving''' is a failed project owned by [[Directory:Wikia|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  

'''Openserving''' is a failed project owned by [[Directory:Wikia|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=[[Directory:Reuters|Reuters]]/[[Directory:USA Today|USA Today]] |date=December 12, 2006 |accessdate=2007-10-04 }}</ref> and abandoned in January 2008. Openserving, like Wikia, was to have offered wiki hosting, but it would differ from Wikia in that the founder of the particular wiki would supposedly keep the revenue from the advertising on the site,<ref name="dailytimes">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=

|work= |publisher=[[Directory:Reuters|Reuters]]/[[Directory:USA Today|USA Today]] |date=December 12, 2006 |accessdate=2007-10-04 }}</ref> and abandoned in January 2008. Openserving, like Wikia, was to have offered wiki hosting, but it would differ from Wikia in that the founder of the particular wiki would supposedly keep 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 would offer this as a free service.<ref name="usatoday"/> Of course, this business model will compete against and cannibalize the Wikia business model, so it was a curious venture from the outset.

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 would offer this as a free service.<ref name="usatoday"/> Of course, this business model would compete against and cannibalize the Wikia business model, so it was a curious venture from the outset.

Interestingly, this is the actual business model enacted by [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]], which is working quite successfully today.   

Interestingly, this is the actual business model enacted by [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]], which is working quite successfully today.