On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Siji Sunny <[email protected]> wrote: > I know every one might have read this since it's in wikipedia.So it's a > gentle reminder to all who hasn't contributed yet. > > "Google might have close to a million servers. Yahoo has something like > 13,000 staff. We have 679 servers and 95 staff. > > Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 450 million different people > every month – with billions of page views. > > Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't belong here. Not > in Wikipedia. > > Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It > is like a temple for the mind. It is a place we can all go to think, to > learn, to share our knowledge with others. > > When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company > with advertising banners, but I decided to do something different. We’ve > worked hard over the years to keep it lean and tight. We fulfill our > mission, and leave waste to others. > > If everyone reading this donated ₹100, we would only have to fundraise for > one day a year. But not everyone can or will donate. And that's fine. Each > year just enough people decide to give. > > This year, please consider making a donation of ₹100, ₹200, ₹300 or > whatever you can to protect and sustain Wikipedia.
How? Links? Locations where we can make financial contrib? > > Thanks, > > *Jimmy Wales* > Wikipedia Founder -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System Pvt. Ltd. +91-98213-11906 +91-9833-TICKET http://www.shahmicro.com http://iopt.in http://crm.iopt.in Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
