[Foundation-l] Wikimedia finances and the economy

[Anthony]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2008/10/11 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> 2008/10/11 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> >> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> lying about the expected expenditures.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > "by which I mean you posit that you're gonna need more than you think
> you
> >> > actually will need"
> >>
> >> Well, you usually do a bit of both.
> >
> >
> > No I don't.  I'm an honest person.
>
> I apologise, *one* usually does a bit of both.
>

The Foundation usually does a lot of both (they were 37% under budget last
year, with technology spending coming in 65% under budget), which is the
point I was trying to relay to Nathan.  The further question of whether or
not this is ethical is probably something for another mailing list.