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Wikipedia is not exactly an open source project (http://news.com.com/Wikipedias+open-source+label+conundrum/2100-1038_3-5988267.html). I agree.

But it is more open than the old encyclopedias for which you paid thousand of dollars. Those were really closed projects.

Recent incident show that you do not have to be afraid of Wikipedia, fearing that wrong or commercial information is engineered into the database. When this happens, it will be traced easily and removed. Reporters from The New York Times are now banned to use Wiki as a research source.

Linux is an example of an open source project. Should you be afraid of using Linux? The two main problems of using Linux is that you will have to search for support when problems arise and you need to pay for programmers to develop bits and peaces that are missing. The idea of open source developments however is that the source code is open to the public. Second.

I normally close the door when I leave my home. People close (lock) their cars and many borders are closed, which lately is one of the main challenges in governance; how do we manage this constant migration traffic? This is perhaps a globalization issue, we have overlooked. But closing borders won