[WikiEN-l] Andrew Keen continues to be teflon clueless

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

David Gerard wrote:
> http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=556&doc_id=166342&
>
> "So how will today's brutal economic climate change the Web 2.0 "free"
> economy? It will result in the rise of online media businesses that
> reward their contributors with cash; it will mean the success of Knol
> over Wikipedia, Mahalo over Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), TheAtlantic.com
> over the HuffingtonPost.com, iTunes over MySpace, Hulu over YouTube
> Inc. , Playboy.com over Voyeurweb.com, TechCrunch over the
> blogosphere, CNN's professional journalism over CNN's iReporter
> citizen-journalism... The hungry and cold unemployed masses aren't
> going to continue giving away their intellectual labor on the Internet
> in the speculative hope that they might get some "back end" revenue.
> "Free" doesn't fill anyone's belly; it doesn't warm anyone up. "
>
> If only the economic downturn would eliminate the market for Andrew Keen.
>
>
> - d.
>
>   

Amen, brother. +1


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen