gwern0@gmail.com wrote:
On 2008.02.11 19:27:28 +1100, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org scribbled 4.1K characters:
Are you saying the tech team should have spent a bit less time on performance optimisation? Because hardware spending is cool but staff spending isn't?
No, you misunderstand me. The most important thing the foundation does is support the community's work; to do that, it handles things like the legalities, and more importantly, tech support. From my perspective, not one dollar should be spent on giving lectures and advocacy and so on while there is yet a technical need
When budgeting for competing interests it's unwise to put all funds to support one to the complete exclusion of other interests. Advocacy and promotion should not go completely without attention. It's hard to imagine when the appetite of techies will ever be satisfied.
Ec