The Google Revolution- Would You Join It?
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The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
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<div class="IPBDescription">Leave the Evil to the Advertisers</div> I've been thinking a lot recently, most everything tied to Google.
Looking at their track record, they have set the standard for ease-of-use programs and sites. Within that record, all of those items are absolutely free.
This is something we haven't seen much before. Giving something out for free...but not giving the source code, as a way of being able to get advertisers to grab space for cash, allowing said items to be free.
Looking at this strategy, would it be possible to have <b>all</b> software be along this base? As in, absolutely free, but advertisable?
I'd love to jump on top of it. It allows the creators to still make quite a bit of money, but allows more people to use the product.
Would you join a group that did this?
Looking at their track record, they have set the standard for ease-of-use programs and sites. Within that record, all of those items are absolutely free.
This is something we haven't seen much before. Giving something out for free...but not giving the source code, as a way of being able to get advertisers to grab space for cash, allowing said items to be free.
Looking at this strategy, would it be possible to have <b>all</b> software be along this base? As in, absolutely free, but advertisable?
I'd love to jump on top of it. It allows the creators to still make quite a bit of money, but allows more people to use the product.
Would you join a group that did this?
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Google still advertises... only they are stealthy about it.
Google still advertises... only they are stealthy about it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Exactly.
From less knowing-what-their-doing people using the computers.
Looking at their track record, they have set the standard for ease-of-use programs and sites. Within that record, all of those items are absolutely free.
This is something we haven't seen much before. Giving something out for free...but not giving the source code, as a way of being able to get advertisers to grab space for cash, allowing said items to be free.
Looking at this strategy, would it be possible to have <b>all</b> software be along this base? As in, absolutely free, but advertisable?
I'd love to jump on top of it. It allows the creators to still make quite a bit of money, but allows more people to use the product.
Would you join a group that did this? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You basically described the open source community, and Linux is just as good if not better than Windows and MACos, except for ONE daunting reality.
NO NATIVE 3D SUPPORT. ARGH. (I've given up on fighting with it to just play games)
I pretty much stay in ubuntu unless I feel like gaming, then I boot into windows <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Looking at their track record, they have set the standard for ease-of-use programs and sites. Within that record, all of those items are absolutely free.
This is something we haven't seen much before. Giving something out for free...but not giving the source code, as a way of being able to get advertisers to grab space for cash, allowing said items to be free.
Looking at this strategy, would it be possible to have <b>all</b> software be along this base? As in, absolutely free, but advertisable?
I'd love to jump on top of it. It allows the creators to still make quite a bit of money, but allows more people to use the product.
Would you join a group that did this? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You basically described the open source community, and Linux is just as good if not better than Windows and MACos, except for ONE daunting reality.
NO NATIVE 3D SUPPORT. ARGH. (I've given up on fighting with it to just play games)
I pretty much stay in ubuntu unless I feel like gaming, then I boot into windows <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Note that whole "No Open Source" comment, as to allow people to still make money from it.
AAHHHHHH!!!!.....*cheezwiz*
:-)
well, the millions of hits per day should do it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
the only way you can do google's marketting strategy isif you are google (aka have millions of people ussing your product each day)
so, it is a nice idea, it jsut wouldn't work.
well, the millions of hits per day should do it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
the only way you can do google's marketting strategy isif you are google (aka have millions of people ussing your product each day)
so, it is a nice idea, it jsut wouldn't work. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
But what if Google itself endorsed the products in many places?
Imagine if games took this. Someone enters in "First Person Futuristic Shooter", up comes Natural Selection 2, totally free and downloadable.
You could even remove the ads for a mere $20, or order the game with documentation without ads for the $50.
Options!
If Google was a smaller site, they wouldn't be able to exist on the revenue they get, not w/ all the technologies they have. The people in charge there definately know what they're doing.
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I was pretty sure Satan uses Unix for his servers.
Also, take a video game, it is gona die out.
Google isn't.
google's works fine for massive-scale distribution of lightweight pages/apps
look at google's front page, 1.04 KB (1061 bytes) vs yahoo's 10.59 KB (10849 bytes)
a search on google of the term "distribution model" shows a page weighing 4.16 KB (4263 bytes) vs yahoo's 43.16 KB (44197 bytes)