All your article are belong to us.

Google's knol is here, and according to it's founder:

Hmmm. Really? Now what is usually the second result to almost every Google search? Yep. A Wikipedia result. Google giving out a message here?

I know I, as a Google fan should be jumping up and down with joy, beating myself silly over a new Google product release, but I just can't stomach a rival to the worlds greatest open knowledge movement. Q and A session?

1."Why can't knol ever beat the 'pedia?"

• Most knols are written by a single author.
• Most knols will be non-changeable by the public.

2."What's wrong with this?"

• Knol articles are views of it's main author ( This encourages article ownership )
• Google defines Knol as a "unit of knowledge". Stress on 'unit'.
• Wikipedia is a community project
• Wikipedia articles are written collectively under a "neutral point of view" policy
  

3."Community Project, huh? Then most people can edit it to whatever they want !"

• No. There is a dedicated team of volunteers who scrutinize every change made to the project. And I mean every change.
• All unscrupulous, unsourced edits are reverted almost immediately.

4."How do you know so much?"

• I'm part of that group of volunteers.
  

Knol vs Wiki? Wikipedia says, " All your article are belong to us :) "
Something more? Wikipedia has an article on Knol. Ironic isn't it?