[OWW-Discuss] Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business

[Reid Williams]

On Feb 26, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Alexander Wait Zaranek wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Austin Che <austin at csail.mit.edu>  
> wrote:
>>     Freemium: main wiki is free, we charge for private wikis or
>>     premium services
>>
> We want fewer private wikis in the world anyway, so, why not charge
> for them?
I always thought private wikis were a good loss leader for groups or  
labs that are wary of opening completely.




> For example,  Jimbo focused on Wikipedia for a long time
> before he moved on to the for-profit project (Wikia).  And while not
> everyone is happy that "wikia" even exists, at this point, Wikipedia
> seems to be standing on its own.
>
> Is the goal to become "grant free" for OWW?  To supplement the grants
> to allow for expansion?   Is there a timeline?
>
>>     Gift economy: rely on altruism.
>>
> this works for wikipedia and could/should work for OWW to some extent.
>   Does OWW have a "donate" button lurking somewhere?  Have we ever had
> a funding drive?  Are OWW operating budgets etc audited or available?
>  As a comparison Wikipedia financials are at:
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Finance_report    I find looking
> at these helpful for thinking about what OWW could be.
>
> Sasha
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