Actually, during an interview last year they said that the major costs were not bandwidth, but personnel. It takes a lot of money to employ people full time to administer the site.
How many people does Slashdot employ? And just what do they all do? How many people does it take to copy/paste links (submitted by other people) to stories on other web sites?
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No. Only information wants to be free. Slashdot has managed to avoid that for a looong time.
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But yeah, bandwidth ain't free
Travis
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How many people does Slashdot employ? And just what do they all do? How many people does it take to copy/paste links (submitted by other people) to stories on other web sites?
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