On 7 December 2011 18:08, Thomas Morton morton.thomas@googlemail.com wrote:
Well you know; at the start of the drive the foundation is short of cash.
Not really. The Foundation has plenty of reserves. The fundraising drives aren't a desparate attempt to avoid going bankrupt. They are a routine, planned way of generating revenue. In the long-run, the Foundation couldn't keep going without fundraising, but that doesn't mean it's in any kind of financial difficulty.