Funny - Apple recently announced a major free initiative - iCloud and other new free initiatives are popping up in other industries - look at what Stanford and

Funny - Apple recently announced a major free initiative - iCloud and other new free initiatives are popping up in other industries - look at what Stanford and MIT are doing in making some parts of education free. The one thing that connects all the examples offered (except possibly Amazon) is that the firms listed are old, entrenched players in industries facing real challenges to their basic business models. The companies listed are digging in their heels (and hooks), billing customers rather than driving real innovation.