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		daveoh on Jan 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JSTOR Statement on Aaron Swartz ~200 staff? Sounds like an awful lot. And I imagine the front end and backed are kinda done now so after a couple of devs maintaining the system, a sys admin or two, some testers, hr and ceo that leaves ~190 scanning in the documents. Or am I oversimplifying this?

orionblastar on Jan 15, 2013 | [–]

Sort of like Wal-Mart having 300 employees per store and only two of them on checkout lines.

officemonkey on Jan 13, 2013 | [–]

Not really. Compare their operating budget with Project Gutenberg.

paulgb on Jan 13, 2013 | [–]

Project Gutenburg has two part-time employees. http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Project_Gutenberg_Li...

officemonkey on Jan 13, 2013 | | [–]

Well, there you go.

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