Sounds like Wikipedia won't really be threatened by Knol according to Jimbo Wales. At the end of the post on John Battelle's blog, Jimbo is quoted as saying:
"… (Knol is) …Very different from a wiki, and not likely to generate much of quality.
Then I asked if he was surprised that Google did it. "I am surprised it took them so long. :)" was his response."
That's good. I'm really liking Wikipedia more and more, and I feel like Google is moving beyond serving good search results to creating good search results - which will also outrank competitors - suggesting a conflict of interest.
