Yank,
TechCrunch used the word "site" while VentureBeat used this word "project" so techcrunch's article is somewhat confusing... VentureBeat was more clear...
Quotes from
VentureBeat » Intel launches a company-ranking site: CoolSW Quote:
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The project cost around $40,000, said Steve Santamaria, director of Intel’s Software and Solutions Group responsible for tracking independent software companies (ISVs) and helping them grow with Intel’s help.
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| The project began internally last year, when Intel began soliciting views from its employees about the hottest software companies. Not only were professionals from Intel Capital, Intel’s investment arm, contributing their views, but so to were Intel employees from India, Japan and China. They saw companies in foreign markets that Intel employees in the U.S. were missing. With Intel moving to embrace fast-moving Web 2.0 applications, Santamaria’s team decided that it could use the help of the wider external community, too. Intel’s internal site had 500,000 visitors, and 1.4 million page views on 80,000 contributions. One company that came to Intel’s attention through the effort was fast-growing email provider Zimbra, recently acquired by Yahoo. Intel met with Zimbra, and consulted with its management team so that Zimbra could work well on Intel’s chip platform.
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the editor from
» Intel Introduces “Cool Software” Social Networking Site » Blog Archive* *Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech has talked to Intel staff of CoolSW already.
why don't you go there and ask this person, Jason Powell?
Cool Software - Pligg Content Management System
to break down the $40K so we will know why the project totaled at $40K