Will open source accept Microsoft leadership?
Microsoft will be a “platinum sponsor” at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco next month. Even one of its execs, Stuart McKee, will deliver a keynote at the event. Looks like "Microsoft is determined to be a leader of the open source movement," Dana Blankenhorn wrote.
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Wikipedia reaches fundraising goal
In order to stay independent, Wikipedia and other Wikimedia properties prefers to rely on donations from users rather than accepting advertising and sponsorships. A unique approach and worked well so far. .
In what has become a Christmas tradition, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales posted a personal appeal for donations to the Wikimedia Foundation earlier this month. On the first day alone, the nonprofit raised $430,000 from 13,000 people. Today, Wales announced that Wikimedia reached its fundraising goals. In total, the foundation managed to raise $7.5 million. Last year, when Wales posted a similar appeal, the Wikimedia Foundation received $6.2 million from 125,000 donors.
The non-profit organization has 35 employees and needs around $10 million overhead cost per year
[via ReadWriteWeb]
