User:Timichal/χρονολογία

Late 1999

• Jimmy Wales, an Internet entrepreneur and founder of the dot-com company Bomis, wants to start an open-source, collaborative encyclopedia.[1]

2000

January 2000

• Wales describes his idea to his Internet acquiantance, philosopher Larry Sanger. He asks Sanger to lead the project; Sanger agrees and is employed by Bomis.