On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > argh. as the quote re gillette shows, this is just cross-subsidy or > loss-leader economics. old wine, not even sure if the bottle is new. > > "It's as if the price of steel had dropped so close to zero that King > Gillette could give away both razor and blade, and make his money on > something else entirely. (Shaving cream?)" - and this is different from > giving away the razor and making money on blades HOW?
I thought that line was indeed very weak. But I don't think that means there's nothing new going on. At the very least I think interesting happen if an established business model looks to become highly ascendant. > -r > > > On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 14:28 +0530, Amit Varma wrote: > > http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free > > > > Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business > > By Chris Anderson > > > >
