[互聯網相關] WSJ: Making the "Free" Business Model Work In a Tough Economy

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WSJ discusses where online business models might go
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123335678420235003.html

The Economics of Giving It Away
In a battered economy, free goods and services online are more attractive than ever. So how can the suppliers make a business model out of nothing?

"Over the past decade, we have built a country-sized economy online where the default price is zero -- nothing, nada, zip. Digital goods -- from music and video to Wikipedia -- can be produced and distributed at virtually no marginal cost, and so, by the laws of economics, price has gone the same way, to $0.00. For the Google Generation, the Internet is the land of the free."