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Bomis, Inc. (/ ˈ b ɒ m ɪ s /, from Bitter Old Men in Suits; [14] rhyming with "promise") [15] was a dot-com company best known for supporting the creations of free-content online-encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia. [9]
Bomis was an Internet company created in 1996 by Jimmy Wales, Tim Shell, and Michael Davis. Bomis is best known for having supported the creation of the projects Nupedia and Wikipedia. Bomis was popular for hosting entertainment-, sports- and sexual-themed sites.
Bomis Koori IV was a planet in the Mid Rim, and was the main gathering point of Corporate Alliance defensive forces on the surrounding worlds during the Clone Wars.
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Jun 30, 2019 · Bomis, Inc. (/ˈbɒmɪs/, from Bitter Old Men in Suits; rhyming with promise) was a dot-com company best known for supporting the creations of free-content online-encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia.
Mar 27, 2024 · During the dotcom boom in 1996, Wales saw potential in harnessing the internet to make information free and accessible globally. Teaming up with friends Tim Shell and Michael Davis, the young entrepreneurs founded web portal company Bomis in San Diego.
Nupedia was an English-language online encyclopedia whose articles were written by volunteer contributors with relevant subject matter expertise, reviewed by expert editors before publication, and licensed as free content. It was founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten by Bomis, with Larry Sanger as editor-in-chief.
Sep 14, 2023 · Bomis was a dot-com company founded in 1996 by Jimmy Wales, Tim Shell, and Michael Davis. Its primary business was the sale of advertising on the Bomis.com search portal, and to provide support for the free encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia. The name was an acronym of Bitter Old Men in Suits.
