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Bomis was a dot-com company that supported the creation of Nupedia and Wikipedia, and provided pornographic content. It was co-founded by Jimmy Wales, Tim Shell, and Michael Davis in 1996, and dissolved in 2007.
Bomis was an Internet company that created Nupedia and Wikipedia. It also hosted entertainment-, sports- and sexual-themed sites and closed in 2006.
Nupedia was an online encyclopedia project founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten by Bomis, with expert-reviewed articles and free content license. It operated from 2000 to 2003 and was discontinued after Wikipedia became more popular and successful.
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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.
In 1996, Wales and two partners founded Bomis, a web portal known for featuring erotic photographs. Bomis provided the initial funding for the free peer-reviewed encyclopedia Nupedia (2000–2003).
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.
Mar 19, 2013 · Meets Tim Schell through an online philosophy mailing list and the pair join up to found the male-oriented search engine Bomis.
