Is Skype 'Bartering' or Just 'Sharing'?
BusinessWeek ran a 20 June 2005 article called "The Power of Us: How Mass Collaboration on the Internet is Shaking up Business."
They discuss how Skype, a small European startup challenged the massive trillion-dollar telecom industry.
Easy. They "[dialed] up a vast, hidden resource: its own users."
Skype comes from the same people that are responsible for the file-sharing software Kazaa.
The Skype network borrows "spare computing power and Net connections" from everyone using Skype.
This creates a "collective resource to route others' calls.
The result: a self-sustaining phone system that requires no central capital investment -- just the willingness of its users to share."
Where is the line between sharing and trading/bartering?
Technorati tag: urban camping
They discuss how Skype, a small European startup challenged the massive trillion-dollar telecom industry.
Easy. They "[dialed] up a vast, hidden resource: its own users."
Skype comes from the same people that are responsible for the file-sharing software Kazaa.
The Skype network borrows "spare computing power and Net connections" from everyone using Skype.
This creates a "collective resource to route others' calls.
The result: a self-sustaining phone system that requires no central capital investment -- just the willingness of its users to share."
Where is the line between sharing and trading/bartering?
Technorati tag: urban camping
posted by Jennifer Metz at Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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