QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Tue 19th October 2010, 7:53pm)
I would imagine he knows too much. They don't want the world know know how much they're paying him, to go away and never talk.
Ja, that was my thought as well.
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> I like Mike, and I know that it’s a tough economy. Can I ask what the
> Wikimedia Foundation is doing to ensure that Mike is okay while he
> figures out his next steps?
>
> Yes. The Wikimedia Foundation and Mike have figured out severance that
> we all hope will protect Mike and give him time to think about what he
> wants to do next. The terms of the severance are confidential: we
> won’t talk about them now, or in the future. But you can rest assured
> that the Wikimedia Foundation wants to see Mike continue working to
> advance people’s online freedoms: everybody would like to see him
> continue making an important contribution.
Meaning, we paid him enough to shut up.