[Foundation-l] Is the WMF spending its (our or our donors) money irrationally?

2011-03-04 Thread WereSpielChequers
Re the numerous complains from other volunteers who thought that WMF is spending its money irrationally. that vvv has heard. Any charity has pretty much by definition an obligation to use the money it is entrusted with rationally and appropriately. In the case of the WMF there has been a lot of

Re: [Foundation-l] Is the WMF spending its (our or our donors) money irrationally?

2011-03-04 Thread Tim Starling
On 05/03/11 01:47, WereSpielChequers wrote: As for the big financial decisions, I tend to the view that locating our sole data centre in a state known for its Earthquakes was a brave decision, and creating a secondary datacentre an expensive but logical one. Our main data centre is in

Re: [Foundation-l] Is the WMF spending its (our or our donors) money irrationally?

2011-03-04 Thread emijrp
What about hurricanes? ; ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Florida_hurricane_%28pre-1900%29_tracks.jpg 2011/3/4 Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org On 05/03/11 01:47, WereSpielChequers wrote: As for the big financial decisions, I tend to the view that locating our sole data centre in a

Re: [Foundation-l] Is the WMF spending its (our or our donors) money irrationally?

2011-03-04 Thread Jon Davis
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 07:59, emijrp emi...@gmail.com wrote: What about hurricanes? ; ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Florida_hurricane_%28pre-1900%29_tracks.jpg Maybe that's why the new Datacenter is being built in Virginia [1]? The reality is that no where is safe from natural

Re: [Foundation-l] Is the WMF spending its (our or our donors) money irrationally?

2011-03-04 Thread church.of.emacs.ml
On 03/04/2011 03:47 PM, WereSpielChequers wrote: creating a secondary datacentre an expensive but logical one. I agree. Wikipedia's server infrastructure is crazy if you compare it to any other major site. Any effort to professionalize it and make it more reliable (not only in terms of

Re: [Foundation-l] Is the WMF spending its (our or our donors) money irrationally?

2011-03-04 Thread George Herbert
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Jon Davis w...@konsoletek.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 07:59, emijrp emi...@gmail.com wrote: What about hurricanes? ; ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Florida_hurricane_%28pre-1900%29_tracks.jpg Maybe that's why the new Datacenter is being built in