At least he put his money where (Wired's) mouth is -- http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free_sweeps
And I keep hearing unconfirmed bits that the book itself will actually be released free *in hard copy, *though I'm not holding my breath for that one. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Manar Hussain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
