Directory:Openserving
Openserving is a failed project owned by Wikia, founded on December 12, 2006,[1] and abandoned in January 2008. Openserving, like Wikia, was to have offered wiki hosting, but differ from Wikia in that it would supposedly give the founder of the wiki the revenue from the advertising on the site,[2] and unlike other hosts, Openserving wouldn't charge for anything.[1] Interestingly, this is the actual business model enacted by MyWikiBiz, which is working quite successfully today. According to Jimmy Wales the site saw several thousand applications within the first month, January 2007.[3] However, after a year, not a single site had been launched under the Openserving banner. The project had not issued any press releases since December 2006.
Openserving used a modified version of Wikimedia's Mediawiki wiki software created by ArmchairGM, but was going to be branching out to other open source packages.[1]
Currently Openserving.com redirects in shame to Wikia.com.
