1990年代中期,微軟開始創(chuàng)建一本百科全書,稱為微軟的電子百科全書。
They had deployed all the right incentives.
他們已經研發(fā)了所有的激勵措施。
All the right incentives.
所有的激勵措施。
They paid professionals to write and edit thousands of articles.
他們付費讓專業(yè)人士來撰寫及編輯成千上萬篇文章。
Well - compensated managers oversaw the whole thing to make sure it came in on budget and on time.
薪酬豐厚的經理監(jiān)督整個過程,確保它及時地記錄到預算中…
A few years later, another encyclopedia got started.
幾年后,另一個百科全書開始創(chuàng)建。
Different model, right?
不同的模式,對嗎?
Do it for fun.
并以此為樂。
No one gets paid a cent or a Euro or a Yen.
沒有人會支付一分錢或一歐元或日元。
Do it because you like to do it.
因為你想做它。
Now if you had, just ten years ago, gone to an economist anywhere...
十年之前,不論在哪兒,如果你發(fā)現一位經濟學家…
...and said, "Hey, I got these two different models for creating an encyclopedia."
…并且說:嗨,我找到了兩個不同的模式來創(chuàng)建百科全書。
If they went head-to-head, who would win?
如果它們針尖對麥芒,誰會贏?
Ten years ago, you could not have found a single, sober economist anywhere on planet Earth,...
十年之前,在地球上的任何角落,你不可能找到一位唯一的、冷靜的經濟學家…
...who would have predicted the Wikipedia model.
之前預測過維基模式的經濟學家?