[Foundation-l] We should permit Flash video playback

[Anthony]

On 7/20/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> 17% of our non capital budget... well indeed... so why not consider the
> capital budget as well ?? I did not exclude it, why do you ?

Including the capital budget would only make the percentage even
lower.  I didn't include it because it isn't expressed in the same
format (as a yearly figure).

> On 7/20/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/20/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hoi,
> > > Storage and bandwith is what the bulk of the financial resources of the
> > WMF
> > > are spend on.
> >
> > Umm, "the bulk"?  See
> > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/What_we_need_the_money_for
> >
> > Bandwidth is 17% of the non-capital budget, and that percentage is
> > shrinking over time.  Hardware costs are significant, but I know
> > enough about computers to know that hard drives are only a small
> > portion of hardware costs.
> >
> > > For our latest funding drive there was a budget for 1,4 / 1,5
> > > million dollars.
> >
> > The numbers provided in the budget didn't even add up, and the figures
> > 1.4 / 1.5 million are nowhere to be found.
> >
> > > We got slightly more than a million. When we find that the
> > > Internet Archive is willing to host a substantial part of our
> > requirements
> > > it would make it possible to do more of the other things we budgeted
> > for.
> >
> > I won't argue with that part of your statement.
> >
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