Discussion of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales's contention that the curriculum must be free. Most of the article examines "the real gap that exists between what Jimmy Wales predicts and where we are currently," pointing especially to the entrenched role played by publishers. The "gap" involves the participation of instructors, better repositories, and some way to make money. I think there's a lot of internal inconsistency in this article - the assertion, for example, that a free curriculum must make money. Or even in the assumption - not really tested - that the existing curriculum infrastructure must somehow be converted. Or that instructors must write the curriculum. Reynold's argument is a bit like being skeptical about Wikipedia because Britannica has hired all the encyclopedia authors.
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