[Foundation-l] 2010-11 Annual Plan Now Posted to FoundationWebsite

[Milos Rancic]

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:58 AM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:06 AM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We are secure because of the volunteers, not the funding. If the
>>> foundation were to disappear, the project could continue. The only
>>> funding actually necessary is for the physical operation of the
>>> project.
>>
>> While it seems as the the most logical explanation is not correct, actually.
>>
>> While WMF and other Wikimedia entities are more or less a democratic
>> organizations, we are competing with capitalist entities. And
>> capitalist entities exist while they are able to expand. Thus, we
>> *have to* expand while we are able to do so.
>
> Who is WMF competing with?

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