Are we sure it's a processing problem and not a bandwidth problem? It seems
to me that they need some more bandwidth, with new servers being second to
that.
On 7/27/06, Anthony <wikilegal(a)inbox.org> wrote:
On 7/27/06, mboverload <mboverload(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/27/06, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 7/27/06, Brad Patrick <bradp.wmf(a)gmail.com> wrote:
You have to be kidding. Are you seriously
suggesting the Foundation
stop
buying servers?
IANAA but
Once you factor in depreciation the logical end point of his position
is probably that the foundation should turn liquid assets into servers
and related products as quickly as posible.
Layman explanation as to why?
mboverload
I'm really not sure what geni was trying to say, but the two main
reasons I think Wikimedia should try to limit its assets are 1) to
increase board accountability and 2) to avoid being a good target for
lawsuits.
The first reason I suppose is the more important one. Right now three
of the five Wikimedia board members are not elected. The board is
accountable to the public largely because it relies on donations from
the community. As the foundation acquires more and more assets, they
become less and less accountable to the public. Sure, there need to
be reserves in place, but in the budgets that were released before
Wikimedia started hiding them from the public a very large portion
(something like 75%) was being spent on capital expenditures.
Anthony
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