Hmm - Scoble says that the Wikipedia "3-4 months could be it" quote is out of context. He reference's Laurent Haug's blog, where Laurent clarifies. So here's Scoble:

Laurent, last night, went back and looked at the video tape and gave her exact quote and the context in which it was said . He did that because people were reporting that Florence said Wikipedia would shut down in three months if it didn’t get more cash. That is NOT true, based on the transcripts of what she actually said.

And here's the clarification from Laurent, based on the conversation he had with Florence Devouard of Wikipedia:

Me: “When we prepared this speech, Florence told me that Wikipedia has enough cash to pay for its server for the next…”
Florence Devouard: “Three months. Roughly.”
Me: “and if we don’t do something, Wikipedia won’t be here in three or four months. That’s a radical idea, it’s not going to happen but…”.
FD: ”...three months is a bit negative. [...] We have somebody making plans for two years in the future, I think we will survive in the next three months”.

He goes on to say that Florence is very confident that Wikipedia will solve the problem - which means that there still is a problem. Making two year plans when cash flow is tight does not mean that there's no problem. Sure, Wikipedia may solve the problem - but thee's no need for a correction here, because there was no misquoting or taking out of context.

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