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Hallo Wolfram,

Wikipedia-Gründer Jimmy Wales begann als Börsenspekulant (futures-Händler)
und wurde dann reich mit dem Porno- und Werbe-Portal "Bomis", auf dem
Wikipedia heute basiert:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomis

Bomis, Inc.

    Bild: [Pornodarstellerin] Sylvia Saint in a Bomis T-Shirt

Bomis is a dot-com company founded in 1996. Its primary business is the
sale of advertising on the Bomis.com search portal. It was founded by Jimmy
Wales and Tim Shell [citation needed], and provided support for the free
encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia. As of 2006, Shell is the CEO
of Bomis.

On the Bomis.com site, Bomis creates and hosts web rings around popular
search terms. The rings are currently categorized broadly as "Babes",
"Entertainment", "Sports", "Adult", "Other" and "Science fiction".[1] The
"Adult", "Babes" and "Entertainment" categories are the most frequently
updated and the most popular.
 In addition, Bomis hosts a copy of the Open Directory Project search
directory. Revenue from search-related pages is generated from advertising
and affiliate marketing.

Bomis ran a website called Bomis Premium at premium.bomis.com until 2005,
offering customers access to erotic photographs featuring 403 different
models (a total of 54658 pictures), and videos of models in all states of
undressing and suggestive poses.[2] Until mid-2005, Bomis also featured the
Bomis Babe Report, a free blog, publishing news and reviews about
celebrities, models, and the adult entertainment industry. The Babe Report
prominently linked to Bomis Premium, and frequently posted updates about
new models joining Bomis. Bomis has also operated nekkid.info, a free
repository of selected erotic photographs,[3] and continues to host The
Babe Engine, "a precision babe search engine", which indexes photos ranging
from glamour photography to pornography.[4]

In addition to its erotica and search properties, Bomis has provided
hosting to websites supporting objectivist or libertarian political views,
including the "Freedom's Nest",[5] a database of books and quotes, and "We
the Living", a large objectivist community website which is now defunct.

Role in the creation of Nupedia and Wikipedia

    Wikipedia hosted on Bomis.com

As of 2005, Bomis is best known for having supported the creation of the
free-content online encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia.
...


Bomis, Inc.:

Type            private
Founded         1996
Location        St. Petersburg, Florida [citation needed]
Key people      Jimmy Wales
                Tim Shell
                Michael Davis
Industry        Internet
Products        Internet portal
                Advertising space
Revenue         N/A
Employees       Unknown
Website         www.bomis.com


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Denkt daran, wenn Ihr das nächste mal von Freier-Software und
Freier-Gesellschaft redet...  (oops, war da jetzt ein Strich zuviel?)

Gruss,
Christoph

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