[ox-en] Re: Acquiring information goods vs. acquiring physical goods (was: Re: [ox-en] extrinsic motivation = coercion)

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2009/6/4 Stefan Merten <[email protected]>

> Hi Diego and all!
>
> BTW @Diego: I love it when you write complete sentences ;-) .



In spanish I work hard  to write really short texts. In english I have
stronger reasons to write shorter ones.


>
> Well, let's look carefully at this.
>
> Today we take this for granted. 40 years back this would have been
> plain magic. I.e.: There is a change in technology involved in this
> whole thing.
>

exactly, that´s the point



>
> By saying "apt-get install free-software" you are *not* relating to
> the original creation. This is simply assumed as given at this point.


only distribution, yes

in cars, the design phase is a small proportion of car cost

in software its a huge proportion

design phase is independient of quantity, distribution not,

so low marginal costs are normal in software.

 If now

> 1. Production of some physical goods is part of common infrastructure
>
> 2. Transportation of these physical goods is part of common
>   infrastructure
>

cost of physical goods are strongly related to quantity.



>
> then you could acquire these goods also with marginal costs. Right?


"cero" marginal costs? (or almost cero) I dont understand "marginal cost"
without a quantifier

physical goods usually have big marginal costs.


>
> If we see technology as an important preconditon then the question is:
> How do we get the technology do create an infrastructure for (some)
> physical goods similar to computers and the Internet?
>

you need scarce resources to copy physical stuff, iron , wood, fabric, etc..


-- 
Diego Saravia
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