Comments on: Free Ain’t Going Anywhere http://www.markevanstech.com/2010/04/16/free-aint-going-anywhere/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Schmitt http://www.markevanstech.com/2010/04/16/free-aint-going-anywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-196784 Chris Schmitt Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:04:55 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=5749#comment-196784 The real problem is hiring a lot of people without a clear way to pay for their salaries. It's sad and irresponsible. The real problem is hiring a lot of people without a clear way to pay for their salaries. It’s sad and irresponsible.

]]> By: Rob Adornato http://www.markevanstech.com/2010/04/16/free-aint-going-anywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-196757 Rob Adornato Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:23:29 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=5749#comment-196757 Okay, so here's my confusion... I get a team together and create a service, it takes us each 50 hours a week to build, maintain, develop and grow the team of 3. This service is offered for free. Where does the revenue come from? What money pays me? What money pays my electrical bill? What money pays my team? Advertising doesn't cover it, and frankly, it will always hamstring me, because I'm outsourcing my entire revenue stream. My company and my team are focused on producing a service, not an advertising network. I happily use Slackware and pay the company behind it for the DVDs, and do my best to support the FLOSS world out there, but seriously, NOTHING is free. Everything costs something. Money is just the system we've grafted on top of reality to help ease trading of things of value. It can be ugly and twisted, but it's all we've got... Okay, so here’s my confusion…

I get a team together and create a service, it takes us each 50 hours a week to build, maintain, develop and grow the team of 3. This service is offered for free.

Where does the revenue come from? What money pays me? What money pays my electrical bill? What money pays my team? Advertising doesn’t cover it, and frankly, it will always hamstring me, because I’m outsourcing my entire revenue stream. My company and my team are focused on producing a service, not an advertising network.

I happily use Slackware and pay the company behind it for the DVDs, and do my best to support the FLOSS world out there, but seriously, NOTHING is free. Everything costs something. Money is just the system we’ve grafted on top of reality to help ease trading of things of value. It can be ugly and twisted, but it’s all we’ve got…

]]> By: John Paul Aguiar http://www.markevanstech.com/2010/04/16/free-aint-going-anywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-196712 John Paul Aguiar Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:37:15 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=5749#comment-196712 Nothing wrong with FREE, as long as you don't take advantage of the people later on. Nothing wrong with FREE, as long as you don’t take advantage of the people later on.

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