The Philosophy of Free - Is it Working?

Free!

The original video can be found at Fora.tv. The above video is pretty lengthy, so if you want a shorter overview of Chris Anderson's free philosophy, checkout this Wired video from 2008.

Personally I'm not fully sold on the idea of free. However, the purpose of this post is to list some of the discussions that have been going on about the subject.

Around the Interwebs

Here are some intelligent discussions/resources on the subject. Whatever your stance on "Free", it's here to stay and is going to play a big part in future online business models.

• Flipping abundance and scarcity - Seth Godin
• Converting Free Users to Paid Users - Kevin Hale (Fowa Miami 2009)
• 'Free' business model can backfire - Mark Heinzl (The Star)
• Survey of free business models online (2008) - Chris Anderson
• When you succeed with Free, you are going to die by Free - Mark Cuban
• Freemium and Freeconomics - Fred Wilson