Wikia, the open source search engine initiative and potential Google-killer, has snagged Jeremie Miller, who founded Jabber, an open instant messaging platform. Miller was handpicked by the Wikia project's founder, Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales. Miller's first task will be to develop the necessary infrastructure to allow a thousand or so volunteer developers to contribute to the project.
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