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Well yes, hosting is cheap. The majority of expenses for any company comes from employee salaries, payments to vendors and professional services, and you can see exactly that in Wikimedia's balance sheet. So what's the point this piece is trying to make exactly?

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Its not the piece, it’s the editorialized headline. (Now fixed)

The point of the piece is to highlight the discrepancy between the tone of Wikipedia's fundraising and mission and the reality of their system and financial situation.

I can't blame Wikipedia for putting all their effort in their sole means of funding, though.

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