Tuesday, October 31, 2006

It Sometimes pays to come Second

Wikipedia, the collaborative internet encyclopadia, is about to get some competition. On 17 October, Larry Sanger, who helped set up Wikipedia in 2001, announced the launch of a site called Citizendium. He claims it will unseat Wikipedia as the go-to destination for general information online.

In my opinion, I think he has a strong chance of acheving number one spot, as Larry can benefit from second mover advantage. Second movers in a market can avoid heavy investment in R and D by simply replicating the original mover. Citizendium will start life as a "progressive fork" of Wikipedia, opening up as an exact copy - saving five years of development time!

Furthermore, Citzendium is introducing developments such as site sponsorship and an editorial team of expert academics to improve accuracy. These improvements should help it avoid the problems of Wikipedia - as the site is continually critised for having mistakes in its content that go unchecked.

Look out Wikipedia the new boy is on the block and you are next goliath to fall. Do you agree? http://citizendium.org/

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