Comments on: Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080228/anderson/ from other Web sites Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Long http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080228/anderson/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Michael Long Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:53:27 +0000 http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080228/anderson/#comment-252 "You can reduce your bandwidth and hosting costs to zero..." Failed high school economics, did we? The fact that I may or may not be able to generate the income needed to pay for those services doesn't mean they're "free". "... maybe even turn a profit by hosting advertising or something similar." Right. Tell that to all of the people who surf with AdBlocker or FlashBlock extensions added to FireFox. People don't want ads either. "Information wants to be free." Next time post your SSN. It too wants to be free. “You can reduce your bandwidth and hosting costs to zero…”

Failed high school economics, did we? The fact that I may or may not be able to generate the income needed to pay for those services doesn’t mean they’re “free”.

“… maybe even turn a profit by hosting advertising or something similar.”

Right. Tell that to all of the people who surf with AdBlocker or FlashBlock extensions added to FireFox. People don’t want ads either.

“Information wants to be free.”

Next time post your SSN. It too wants to be free.

]]> By: rod sandcones http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080228/anderson/comment-page-1/#comment-251 rod sandcones Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:22:41 +0000 http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080228/anderson/#comment-251 You can reduce your bandwidth and hosting costs to zero and maybe even turn a profit by hosting advertising or something similar. Some deals have proven to be very lucrative for some. It's a valid business model. Information wants to be free. Resistance is futile. :) You can reduce your bandwidth and hosting costs to zero and maybe even turn a profit by hosting advertising or something similar. Some deals have proven to be very lucrative for some. It’s a valid business model. Information wants to be free. Resistance is futile. :)

]]> By: Michael Long http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080228/anderson/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Michael Long Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:11:43 +0000 http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080228/anderson/#comment-250 "Which is to say, the trend lines that determine the cost of doing business online all point the same way: to zero." Bah. I'm pretty sure my hosting company isn't going to start charging me nothing for power, or rack space, or bandwidth, or servers, or storage, or backups, or software, or support, or maintenance. Or, for that matter, that my employees are going to start working for me for free. The costs of all of those things may be declining TOWARDS zero, but the "cost of doing business online" will never BE zero. In fact, become popular on the web, and while per-gigabyte costs may drop, that's more than offset by the fact you need a lot more of them. And watching hosting power bill, I'm pretty sure those costs aren't going down, but up, way, way up, more than compensating for any supposed reduction in bandwidth charges. “Which is to say, the trend lines that determine the cost of doing business online all point the same way: to zero.”

Bah. I’m pretty sure my hosting company isn’t going to start charging me nothing for power, or rack space, or bandwidth, or servers, or storage, or backups, or software, or support, or maintenance.

Or, for that matter, that my employees are going to start working for me for free.

The costs of all of those things may be declining TOWARDS zero, but the “cost of doing business online” will never BE zero.

In fact, become popular on the web, and while per-gigabyte costs may drop, that’s more than offset by the fact you need a lot more of them. And watching hosting power bill, I’m pretty sure those costs aren’t going down, but up, way, way up, more than compensating for any supposed reduction in bandwidth charges.

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