[Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

[Thomas Dalton]

> Sorry, this is a false assertion. Apart from some established
>  wiki-mythology, is there any evidence that Jimmy funded Wikipedia out of his own  pocket
>  ever? He did not.

Wikipedia was funded by Bomis, a company that, as I understand it,
Jimmy (jointly) privately owned. Even if he didn't directly fund the
project, it was partially funded by his share of the profits from
Bomis. That's effectively funding it out of his own pocket.