Google Disruptive business models on Geo Data

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Hi all,

This is a great article that has a lot of relevance to the
OpenSource/OpenData world. I thought it was a good read.

http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/10/29/google-redefines-disruption-the-%E2%80%9Cless-than-free%E2%80%9D-business-model/


Sorry for the cross-posting.

-Steve W
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[Andrew Williams-2]

Agreed Steven. I fall into the category of "it's completely obvious when somebody points it out to you."

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Hi all,

This is a great article that has a lot of relevance to the
OpenSource/OpenData world. I thought it was a good read.

http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/10/29/google-redefines-disruption-the-%E2%80%9Cless-than-free%E2%80%9D-business-model/


Sorry for the cross-posting.

-Steve W
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[Milo van der Linden-3]

Critical side note: I guess I prefer free above less then free. Google "
world dominance in the information industry" is far more threatening to
future generations then Al Qaida is... What if Google falls in the wrong
hands in twenty years time? Will scenarios sketched in SciFi movies
become reality? Will my children live in a world that is as democratic
as ours?

Those are the questions one needs to ask when accepting less then free.
It might just be you are selling your soul to the devil...

On Tue, 2009-11

-17 at 21:08 +1100, Andrew Williams wrote:

> Agreed Steven. I fall into the category of "it's completely obvious when somebody points it out to you."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Stephen Woodbridge
> Sent: Sunday, 1 November 2009 6:24 AM
> To: mapserver-users; openlayers user list; OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: [mapserver-users] Google Disruptive business models on Geo Data
>
> Hi all,
>
> This is a great article that has a lot of relevance to the
> OpenSource/OpenData world. I thought it was a good read.
>
> http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/10/29/google-redefines-disruption-the-%E2%80%9Cless-than-free%E2%80%9D-business-model/
>
>
> Sorry for the cross-posting.
>
> -Steve W
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