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Honest question that might come off as stupid but, doesn't CERN have a huge budget? I imagine supporting this project can be a reasonable budget entry, why are

• ZenoArrow 10y ago
  The CERN budget is split over multiple projects. Also, budget + donations > budget. Lastly, by opening this up for contributions more people can feel part of the push for improvements to KiCad.
• pjmlp 10y ago
  Not really. It might seen huge from the outside, but what each department gets is very different from those numbers. CERN has the same issues as any research institution. When I was there it was common to say that it felt just like being at the university without the lectures and exams part.
• _pferreir_ 10y ago
  CERN's budget is ~1B USD, which is 5% of NASA's, 25% of ESA's. And I won't even get started with Silicon Valley big corps. Considering you have to pay for an electricity bill equivalent to 1/3 of Geneva and the salaries of >3000 people in one of Europe's most expensive urban areas, I wouldn't say there's a lot of money left to invest in pretty much anything. Source: * https://press.cern/facts-and-figures/budget-overview https://press.cern/facts-and-figures/budget-overview * https://home.cern/about/engineering/powering-cern https://home.cern/about/engineering/powering-cern