Another E-Community Takeover Bid

[Tony Barry]

At 8:45 AM 12/11/98, Roger Clarke wrote:
>But even this has got 'exploitation' written all over it.  The 'mining the
>rich veins of e-community know-how' image sounds like a good marketing
>angle;  but if you take the metaphor a little further, the gold is produced
>by miners in their spare time (and comprises both content and discovery
>aids).  This outfit treats both the gold and the miners as a cheap
>resource, provides a bit of inexpensive value-add and then (or so its
>principals hope) reaps rich rewards.  From the entrepreneur's perspective,
>this makes excellent sense.  Let's see what the miners make of it.

Meanwhile www.newhoo.com seems to be trying to do the same thing on a
cooperative basis without advertising.  Dunno where they get their funds!

tony

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