Re: Wanted: Version Control for Stuff

zlite — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:52:30 -0000

David: Yes, I addressed that in the piece: "
Professional design, engineering, and architecture companies filled this need long ago with software that has its own workflow tools, like Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Solidworks. But such tools cost tens of thousands of dollars, and only work within that software."

Re: Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose

zlite — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:01:55 -0000

Bob,

Thanks for the post, but I need to correct a few things. First, my comment about the title ("Free" vs "Freemium") was a joke--sorry that wasn't more clear. Of course "Freemium", while more accurate, would have been a disastrous title, since nobody knows what it means. I totally agreed with Will on the title. As I mentioned at the panel, as a magazine editor I know that a little bit of bait and switch is required in effective magazine coverlines as well as book titles; this was well within the norms for that.

Second, I never said Free sold "a fraction" of what the Long Tail sold. Instead, I said it sold "less". In fact, it's just a few percent less at this point, and the game's not over.

Finally, I didn't say it was given away to 500,000 people via Scribd. I said it was downloaded by nearly 500,000 people across all digital forms, ranging from Scribd and Google Books to the Kindle, iTunes, Audible, Wired.com and other places.

--Chris Anderson

Re: Glimpse from my misbegotten past

zlite — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:10:00 -0000

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