z(a)mzmcbride.com wrote:
wiki-list(a)phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
z(a)mzmcbride.com wrote:
In comparison $14m does seem highly profligate.
Our R&D budget was £10m
(approx $16) in 2009, spent almost entirely on software development, and =
we
have over 160 software engineers working on our
products. Remind me just =
how
many full time developers does WMF have?
These two pages should give you an approximate count:
*
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff
*
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_contractors
We make a profit on a turnover of £32m with 500+ direct employees, and a further 200 in
joint oversees ventures. We have offices in most European countries, and regional centres
in the US, India, China, Japan, Korea, and a team of application engineers flying the
world to train, and provide expert sales support etc.
Draw your own conclusions.