wikipedia CEO is asking for donation - Are open source financially viable ?????

Posted in 2008

dcruncher4@spamnot.com — 30 Dec 2008 11:41:29 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

ssia

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Jonathan Leffler — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:30:05 -0800 (PST) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Dec 30, 11:41 am, dcrunch...@spamnot.com wrote: > ssia It seems that most universities in America are continually asking their alumni for funds. Some universities in England have taken up the campaign too (mine has). Are they financially viable? Given the vagaries of government funding, possibly not. Does the fact that they ask targeted people (people who benefitted from their services in the past) to contribute to their continued function mean that they are bad? How does that differ from the WikiMedia Foundation (Wikipedia etc) asking people who use its services to support it? (I sent them a small donation. Wikipedia is a very good source of information - not always perfect, but usually pretty reliable.) -=JL=-