Disclaimer: For the sarcasm challenged, very little in the above, except for the factual data and my admonition to otherwise ignore my facetious argument was meant to be taken seriously.

FORBES: By all means.

"Wikipedia is a great concept, but when you're trying to collect factual data about whether things are happening or if they're not, we think it's much better to use controlled crowdsourcing, " Knauer says.

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However, I can assure you 100% (and I challenge anyone to provide factual data to contrary) that the ACA has significantly impacted the cost and our ability to cover our employees in group heath care insurance.

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Open data initiatives, data marketplaces, definitive data platforms like Factual, commercial data providers, and companies that have valuable data will all try anything and everything.

FORBES: Do You Suffer from the Data Not Invented Here Syndrome?

Unlike the other main data markets, Factual does not offer reselling facilities for data publishers.

FORBES: Taking Stock of Data Markets: A Survey of Four Options

The one and only reason for this factual essay is to make the data available for all to assess and to understand that the popular claim that the wealthy do not pay as much in taxes as do their secretaries is totally absurd.

FORBES: The Facts On Tax Rates: Who Pays What

Factual offer incentives to their customers to share data back, improving the quality of the data for everybody.

FORBES: Taking Stock of Data Markets: A Survey of Four Options

The vision is very similar to that of Infochimps, but in late 2010 Factual elected to concentrate on one area of the market: geographical and place data.

FORBES: Taking Stock of Data Markets: A Survey of Four Options