Re: Economics of FE

Steve ( hexslngr@internet-frontier.net )
Sat, 24 Jan 1998 14:08:55 -0800 (PST)

An interesting thought, Bob -- but you're forgetting one important detail.
The work of the few rarely makes it into the homes of the many.
In short - if you give something away, don't expect it to propogate very
far... as most will shirk it off as a complete waste of time. People want
utilities that work - they want them now - and they want them at THEIR
convenience.

However, if you're just distributing a test model to the world just to
prove it works, then have a blast -- I'm sure all the hobbyists in the
world will help you... but don't rely on it as a means of distributing the
final product -- you'll reach far more homes if you take the third option
(I think it was the third one I wrote about which described giving the
invention to small private dealers who could perform sales on a personal
basis - rather than from a central point of sales).