What is Bomis?
{{Infobox Company | name = Bomis | logo = Bomis oval.svg | type = Private | genre = [[Internet]] | foundation = 1996 | founder =[[Jimmy Wales]],<br />[[wmf:Former Board of Trustees members|Tim Shell]],<br /> and [[wmf:Former Board of Trustees members|Michael Davis]]. | location_city = [[Florida]] | location_country = [[United States]] | industry = [[Internet]] | products = [[Webring]]s<br/>[[Nupedia]]<br/>[[Wikipedia]] | services = [[Advertising]] | num_employees = ~10 | homepage = [http://www.bomis.com www.bomis.com] (not available) }} '''Bomis''' was an [[Internet]] company created in 1996 by [[Jimmy Wales]], [[wmf:Former Board of Trustees members|Tim Shell]], and [[wmf:Former Board of Trustees members|Michael Davis]]. Bomis is best known for having supported the creation of the projects [[Nupedia]] and [[Wikipedia]]. [[file:Bomis-staff-summer-2000.jpg|thumb|[[w:Bomis|Bomis]] staff in 2000]] Bomis was popular for hosting entertainment-, sports- and sexual-themed sites. When Nupedia started, [[Larry Sanger]] was hired to be the editor-in-chief for the project. But Nupedia resulted too slow to grow and too expensive to maintain, and Wikipedia was started as a side project to help Nupedia grow. In the end, Wikipedia became more popular than Nupedia; it closed in 2003 and Wikipedia was transferred to the newly created [[Wikimedia Foundation]] in 2003. Bomis closed in 2006. {{tech-stub}} [[Category:American technology companies]] [[Category:1996 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Florida]]