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Originally posted by RawAlex@Feb 14 2003, 02:55 PM
Colin, this question would be good if the TGP owner had something to lose to start with - they don't. They start with no income, move up to some income, they are better off than when they started. From their solitary point of view, things went from worse to better.
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It's STILL a good question. In fact it is still THE question. It's not a question of whether they are better off than before but rather whether they are better off than they would have been. Isn't that THE question we are considering and not the one you are suggesting? We all know companies that defected from the standards and rules most of us adhere to do better in the short-run and some of them even did better than they ever would have by not defecting.
Without the free content glut, a TGP webmaster may have put effort into another free site endeavor with little start up capital, taken more time to get going but eventually made more money. Maybe without TGPs, it takes twice as long to make the same money in other free site projects but then it runs ahead.
The answer as to what is better may be either but it's still a fantastically interesting question, both specifically and in general.
The question is not which path is better. The question is which path is best.
Last edited by Colin at Feb 14 2003, 03:09 PM