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.
Fred
On Dec 30, 2005, at 3:02 PM, Ben Emmel wrote:
Some food for thought:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1962714,00.html
In an interview, Jimbo discusses the possibilities of ads eventually on the Wikipedia, due to the huge number of page views that we get.
Also mentioned is the large-scale rejection of ads by the "wikitopeans" [sic] in the community.
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