Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

What Wikipedia could do with $100 million a year

There are no advertisements on Wikipeida, so AOL's Jason Calacanis reckons it is passing up the chance to make $100 million a year -- money it could give to charity or "help fund MediaWiki, the EFF, Firefox, and dozens of other open source projects". Calacanis says:



Jimbo: please reconsider!!! I know I can get AOL to sell the inventory at zero cost to you guys and we will donate the bandwidth. Just give us a little 25x25 pixel thank you (i.e. "Hosted donated by AOL." That's it.



Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.