Comments on Contemplating Freedom: Bad Google! No Freebies!

Great post! I too read this article and posted a r...

2008-01-23T10:52:00.000-08:00

Great post! I too read this article and posted a reply on how I completely disagreed. You make a good argument, and I like the way you countered Alex's argument.

Free is a new business model. Adapt. Compete. Sell.

Microsoft is 3rd richest company in the company in...

2008-01-19T16:42:00.000-08:00

Microsoft is 3rd richest company in the company in the world. Google's piles of cash are insignificant comparatively. To say that Google is evil to offer free things does not make sense.

Like I said, Zoho.com and ThinkFree.com both are more robust than even MS Office and both are absolutely free.

Playing the "free" card does not kill off competition, it means businesses need to move on from their obsolete business models and adapt. Microsoft HAS done this with Office Live like I said.

I have not missed the point. There no barriers to entry because (like I said again) there are plenty of other alternatives. Also, OpenOffice.org offers a completely free (including business) alternative to MS Office and that is a desktop application. If ANYONE could be considered evil, it would be OpenOffice.org (but that's still wrong). OpenOffice.org matches MS Office for abilities and options, and its free.

Again, you make no sense. Your explanation has been thwarted.

You missed the point. Of course free can turn a pr...

2008-01-18T19:57:00.000-08:00

You missed the point. Of course free can turn a profit. Large companies can play the "free" card to kill off competition, create barriers to entry, etc. This is the not so great side of free.