Kirill Lokshin wrote:
On 12/30/05, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
I can see us raising a few hundred thousand dollars by contributions. I can't see a few million.
I can see contributions supporting 100 servers. I can't see them supporting 2,000.
I can see a top 20 website supported by contributions. I can't see one of the top 5.
Small, individual contributions - perhaps not. But there's no reason why large corporate donations, grants, or endowments couldn't keep us running indefinitely.
The question becomes whether we'd prefer ads on Wikipedia or "Wikipedia (sponsored by the Gates Foundation).
"Wikipedia (sponsored by UNESCO)" would be a much better alternative...