On 2 June 2011 15:19, Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.net wrote:
I think what needs to happen is to explore ways to cooperate using each institutions relative assets. That might include, for example, endowing Commons with assets sufficient to support long term archival services as well as a corporate commitment on the Foundation's part to fulfill such services on an institutional basis, read centuries...
One important plus point for WMF is that unlike, e.g. Flickr, we are not subject to corporate whims. This means that our supply of a service is not contingent on it turning a profit.
- d.