[Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

Fri Mar 7 12:00:32 UTC 2008

> On 3/6/08, Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:58 AM, <daniwo59 at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 2. Jimmy made one donation, and one donation only, to the Foundation and
>>> that was in or around June 2003, when the Foundation was formed.It was
>>> approximately $2,500, deposited to open the first bank account. The exact
>>> amount  is
>>> easy to find, since it is the first recorded donation in the books.
>> 
>> Here's a list of the things that Jimmy donated that day. I bolded what I
>> consider to be the most valuable part of his donation - all work that any
>> Bomis employee had ever done on the projects.
>> 
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/htdig/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010743.html
> 
on 3/7/08 1:36 AM, SlimVirgin at slimvirgin at gmail.com wrote:

> There are also the hundreds of unpaid man hours Jimbo has put into the
> project. Not to mention that if he'd retained ownership of Wikipedia,
> he might now be worth an absolute fortune.
> 
> Sarah
> 
How would "owning Wikipedia" increase someone's fortune, Sarah?

Marc Riddell