[Foundation-l] Remarks on Wikimedia's fundraiser

Mon Mar 7 17:02:41 UTC 2011

Andrew Garrett writes:

We might be growing, but I don't think anybody in the industry would
> hesitate to say that we're still "small" and "running on a shoestring
> budget". The websites that we compete with run budgets in the hundreds
> of millions to billions of dollars.
>

This point can't be overstressed. Compared to organizations running the
other nine of the top ten websites, Wikimedia Foundation is miniscule, and
should still be considered so even if/when the Foundation meets the goals
set in the strategic plan.

--Mike