Wikipedia On The Brink of Shutdown?

Florence Devouard, chairwoman of the Wikimedia Foundation, has touched off a tempest with her suggestion in a talk at the Lift07 conference that Wikipedia has funding for only another quarter and “might disappear” if donations don’t pick up. Dire stuff … if true.

After all the hoopla of the comment was over with, a Wikimedia spokesperson noted that it was “taken out of context”. However, I find it absurd that there is more than one context for such a statement. How else could you take “might disappear”? Either way, it will be an interesting year for Wikipedia it seems.

Source: Network World