z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: > wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: > > z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: > > > In comparison $14m does seem highly profligate. Our R&D budget was £10m > > (approx $16) in 2009, spent almost entirely on software development, and = > we > > have over 160 software engineers working on our products. Remind me just = > how > > many full time developers does WMF have? > > These two pages should give you an approximate count: > * http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff > * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_contractors >
We make a profit on a turnover of £32m with 500+ direct employees, and a further 200 in joint oversees ventures. We have offices in most European countries, and regional centres in the US, India, China, Japan, Korea, and a team of application engineers flying the world to train, and provide expert sales support etc. Draw your own conclusions.
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