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$77 million doesn't sound like that much for a site the size of Wikipedia
by electricblue 11y ago
$77 million doesn't sound like that much for a site the size of Wikipedia
- juliangoldsmith 11y agoAs the article says, it's about 3 times what it takes to run the site for a year.
- sparkzilla 11y agoAfter you count the inflated headcount, yes. If it ran on a reasonable budget of $10 million it would be able to run for many years even on existing reserves.
- VOYD 11y agoconsidering it's "community written" content - otherwise known as "free", that seems like a high price to run a server farm.