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[Infothought] I actuallywouldn't mind so much if he said something like "No, I don't take anymoney out of the Wikimedia Foundation, since it's a nonprofit, whichcould pay chump-change anyway. Instead, I fleece executives who havefar more money than sense, and are crazy enough to pay me tens ofthousands of dollars to spout buzzwords and blather.
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