[Foundation-l] Wikimedia finances and the economy

Sat Oct 11 17:16:12 UTC 2008

> The Foundation usually does a lot of both (they were 37% under budget last
> year, with technology spending coming in 65% under budget), which is the
> point I was trying to relay to Nathan.  The further question of whether or
> not this is ethical is probably something for another mailing list.

Yes, but to be fair that was due to deferred spending rather than the
money not being spent at all. The tech team just decided to wait until
next year to spend the money, it wasn't because they'd been dishonest
about how much they needed to spend.