Comments on: What should be free and what should you pay for? http://socialwrite.com/2008/06/09/what-should-be-free-and-what-should-you-pay-for/ The people woven web Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:34:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: A foil to Anderson’s “trend to zero” theory… at diversity.net.nz http://socialwrite.com/2008/06/09/what-should-be-free-and-what-should-you-pay-for/comment-page-1/#comment-25802 A foil to Anderson’s “trend to zero” theory… at diversity.net.nz Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:52:45 +0000 http://socialwrite.com/?p=448#comment-25802 [...] over on Socialwrite there is a post asking the three important [...] [...] over on Socialwrite there is a post asking the three important [...]

]]> By: julian stone http://socialwrite.com/2008/06/09/what-should-be-free-and-what-should-you-pay-for/comment-page-1/#comment-25784 julian stone Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:23:46 +0000 http://socialwrite.com/?p=448#comment-25784 Expensive: ROI (Great) Support (1-2hrs) Features (Heaps) Cheap: ROI (good) Support (24hrs) Features (standard) Free: ROI (none, ie: Twitter) Support (none) Features (few) Expensive:
ROI (Great)
Support (1-2hrs)
Features (Heaps)

Cheap:
ROI (good)
Support (24hrs)
Features (standard)

Free:
ROI (none, ie: Twitter)
Support (none)
Features (few)

]]> By: Peter Laird http://socialwrite.com/2008/06/09/what-should-be-free-and-what-should-you-pay-for/comment-page-1/#comment-25780 Peter Laird Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:53:56 +0000 http://socialwrite.com/?p=448#comment-25780 Expensive: 99.999% uptime Integration App customization Heavy system use (100,000 tx per day) Large user base (10,000+ users) Cheap: 99.9% uptime Moderate system use (10,000 tx per day) Moderate user base (1,000+ users) Free: 99% uptime Light system use (1,000 tx per day) Small user base (100+ users) Expensive:
99.999% uptime
Integration
App customization
Heavy system use (100,000 tx per day)
Large user base (10,000+ users)

Cheap:
99.9% uptime
Moderate system use (10,000 tx per day)
Moderate user base (1,000+ users)

Free:
99% uptime
Light system use (1,000 tx per day)
Small user base (100+ users)

]]> By: Open Source …. Beer!| Zoli’s Blog http://socialwrite.com/2008/06/09/what-should-be-free-and-what-should-you-pay-for/comment-page-1/#comment-25779 Open Source …. Beer!| Zoli’s Blog Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:38:41 +0000 http://socialwrite.com/?p=448#comment-25779 [...] (6/9/08):  Jevon talks about free beer.  Some more serious stuff, too, but, hey.. [...] [...] (6/9/08):  Jevon talks about free beer.  Some more serious stuff, too, but, hey.. [...]

]]> By: Brycej http://socialwrite.com/2008/06/09/what-should-be-free-and-what-should-you-pay-for/comment-page-1/#comment-25776 Brycej Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:03:44 +0000 http://socialwrite.com/?p=448#comment-25776 Great article. I think that people want and expect Integration to be cheap and Deployment to be free but that is certainly not the current or even near future state of things. Big Enterprise Integration is still huge business companies like ERP-Link (http://www.erp-link.com/) are proof of that. Great article. I think that people want and expect Integration to be cheap and Deployment to be free but that is certainly not the current or even near future state of things. Big Enterprise Integration is still huge business companies like ERP-Link (http://www.erp-link.com/) are proof of that.

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