Making the "Free" Business Model Work In a Tough Economy 188
Randy Savage writes "With venture capital on hold and advertising revenue down, the WSJ discusses where online business models might go. 'Over the past decade, we have built a country-sized economy online where the default price is zero — nothing, nada, zip. Digital goods — from music and video to Wikipedia — can be produced and distributed at virtually no marginal cost, and so, by the laws of economics, price has gone the same way, to $0.00. For the Google Generation, the Internet is the land of the free. '"
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Posting anonymously to protect my Karma.
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b) it is designed for children, not the Slashdot demographic
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Re:Volume (Score:3, Funny)
See - now I know you're just making stuff up.
Compose thoughts?
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Re:Nobody rides for free (Score:3, Funny)
... there, fixed that for you.