> Actually, there may be an example: Wordpress (by Automattic). They don't have exactly the same model, as they actually push it further by > encouraging everyone to install it on their own servers, but they > operate Wordpress.com as a freemium service (see > http://en.wordpress.com/products/ ). >
[David] very interesting, thanks. Could be inspiring for us. I'll add this to the list of things I need to update in the bp. >From what I see in the premium features, these services seem to rely on the fact that wordpress hosts the blogs (and then provides paying services on top of this hosting). But as you say, they seem to push people to host their blogs themselves. So I'm not sure about the economic logic here. Maybe that once people get used to the wordpress soft, they realize that wordpress servers provide services that are worth switching back to wordpress servers rather than their own ones, or maybe the % of people who host themselves, even if they are pushed by wordpress, remains small ? What do you think ? _______________________________________________ Hackit Bar mailing list - [email protected] Wiki: http://community.hackit.cx/ List: http://community.hackit.cx/ml/ Forum: http://community.hackit.cx/forum/ Ideas: http://community.hackit.cx/ideas/ IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/#politis
