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Socialism and the 'net
- lsc 17y agohm. really? I thought that free software was a natural consequence of capitalism and technology. 'in a free market, the price of any commodity will be slightly above the marginal cost of production' - the marginal cost of another copy of Linux is rather close to zero. I think similar economics push free and ad supported online content. The marginal cost of adding another user to a webapp is so close to zero that charging for it doesn't make a lot of sense.
- rmason 17y agoI like Kevin Kelly but this piece was sadly misguided. Like trying to fit Cinderella's slipper on a line backer.