On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:17 PM, luke lenny lennybodomas1@gmail.com wrote:
why can't wikimedia publish advertisements and generate revenue and become self-reliant,self-sustainable , instead of asking for funds from user every year again and again...
There's a number of issues. But painting it in broad terms; although advertising might make the projects *financially* stable, it may not make their *content* stable. That's to say, a lot of contributors / volunteers / editors might leave.
I'd argue with your terminology, though.
You say that advertising would make the Foundation "self-reliant and self-sustainable". It wouldn't be though, would it? It would be reliant on advertisers and sustained by advertisers.
Bodnotbod