Re: [ox-en] Report from COM'ON workshop: Dam builders and ship builders
Patrick Anderson <[email protected]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:56:04 -0700
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Diego Saravia wrote: > the marginal cost of so many virtual "things" is almost 0 > > so in practical terms are free (not only perhaps "libres"), > but with 0 cost for whom uses them If virtual things are 0 cost to use, I wonder why Google spends so much to host those things... Why do they pretend to spend so much to house and deliver petabytes of video data from YouTube? Why do all of us pay so much to ISPs when we could just connect with each other for no cost at all? Why does Wikipedia continue asking for funds? Are they just pocketing the money? For a less sarcastic analysis, see: http://www.oekonux.org/list-en/archive/msg04253.html _________________________________ Web-Site: http://www.oekonux.org/ Organization: http://www.oekonux.de/projekt/ Contact: [email protected]