Dagon comments on Google vs Wikipedia, for-profit vs not-for-profit - Less Wrong Discussion
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Note that this isn't always a binary choice. There is a range of motivations for individual and group behaviors, almost always including money and ideology to various degrees. There are tons of (typically smaller) for-profit companies that take on non-financial goals as part of their identity, and there are plenty of not-for-profit organizations who are captive to their finances/endowments.