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The Economist On The Economics of Sharing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the your-kindergarten-teacher-was-right dept.

RCulpepper writes "The Economist, reliably the most insightful English-language news publication, discusses the economics of sharing, from OSS programmers' sharing time, to P2P users' sharing disk space and bandwidth. " True indeed (about The Economist, I have to remember to renew my subscription); one of the main supports for the article comes from Yochai Benkler latest piece, which is excellent.

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  1. That works until.... by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Fortunately for Linux, there's plenty of "soup" to go around"

    This works untiol SCO shows up and claims ownership of the lentils found in every bowl served, and demands that each soup-eater pay them $699.

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