http://disqus.com/by/lauramerling/enSat, 08 Jan 2011 14:53:18 -0000http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/01/google-to-start-charging-for-prediction-api.php#comment-126228731<p> The interesting thing that other API providers should note is that the fees are based on data/transaction and not on a per API call basis. The models for charging for APIs needs to align with how companies transact business now. Interesting models can be learned from the Open Source segment with regards to free use vs paid usage. Given predictions around API growth and the potential volumes of usage per company, I think 2011 we will see more private APIs that are paid, and some freemium models, and fewer completely open/free models. The move away from the free model will be based on overhead in managing programs with only a small amount of return.</p>lauramerlingSat, 08 Jan 2011 14:53:18 -0000http://souterconsulting.eu/2009/05/27/manifesto-uk-public-sector-data-should-be-set-free/#comment-15561675<p>Great post. A month ago I attended an presentation by the US CTO Aneesh Chopra and was impressed by the changes the US government was making to IT overall. Everything from the <a href="http://data.gov" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="data.gov">data.gov</a> movement to their adoption of cloud computing. There are several challenges for large corporations and/or governments when it comes to an open data strategy - it isn't necessarily that they don't want to be open, more the difficulty of it. In recent meetings with several media companies, record labels, and financial institutions about APIs - they all face 3 key challenges: 1) Data Silos, 2) anything over 5 yrs old not tagged, and 3) no idea where to start. There is still a lot of education to do, but much of this is about "old systems and infrastructure" issues. And of course, lastly, they never think about the fact that they need to know how to manage a "developer community" - no easy feat! And to your point, or should I say that of Chris Anderson - "Who knows why people do what they do" - so even if the UK gov data is made available, only a few will make something interesting for others to use - but we will all be happy they did.</p><p>I will continue this thread on my blog if I can get to writing again soon...maybe on the flight home today.</p>lauramerlingSat, 29 Aug 2009 05:28:56 -0000