Presumably they'd like the money coming in to blast past supported into the realm of profitable.

I don't necessarily have anything against ads, but less obtrusive ones would be nice, and more importantly the core data should be free.

I don't see why something closer to Reddit (but with a slightly more evolved interface) couldn't function as a non-profit in StackOverflow's place.

Meh, if they did do this, I could see the blogosphere bitching every couple of months because SO is asking for money.

Its almost as if...

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