Google's Knol..a death ring for Wikipedia?

An important development in the world of web this week was that Google opened up Knol, an authorship service to general usage.

A knol, Google claims, is an authoritative article about a specific topic. Knol for KNOwLedge!

Well! Curious as I am on every word I see, I hit my wordweb? & guess what? I was directed to the word "Knoll" & here is what it's semantics partly read -

Knoll [pronounced no'wl]
Noun: [archaic] The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
Verb: Ring as in announcing death

Isn't it just incidental? Looking at what Google is aiming to do with Knol - acquire authors, are we seeing a competitor for the famous Wikipedia here? Knol is sure very lucrative for authors.
- One, it is backed by Google who spends an enormous amount of money in building its online properties so users can have the best of tools available.
- Second, the lure of revenue from Google's "AdSense"!!

No wonder at all if content generators move towards Knol!! So, would "Knol" ring a knell for Wikipedia? Only time can tell!!! Let us wait & see :)

In case you wanna try it yourself, go here.