I find it stunning that some people here find it hard to believe that
anyone would give away free unique valuable information. Yet Ben and
others do exactly that here on this list - every day - probably provide
$30,000 a week of free consulting - info that probably can't be found
easily elsewhere. I know that Ben uses it to market his courses and
books - but that's not the only reason he does it (notice that he
doesn't give part answers to force people to go and buy his stuff).
Bens obviously passionate about what he does and gets a buzz from it. I
am just guessing right now - that the buzz Ben gets - can't be bought
with money.
On Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 09:44 PM, David Gratton wrote:
On Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 01:58 PM, Gordon Apple wrote:
It's also very old news -- about two years. It means nothing,
except
that MIT is encouraging their profs to put their materials on the
web. As
the Brits might say, "not bloody likely". Although universities own
the
courses, convention in the US is that profs own their own materials.
This is exactly the issue. Major universities in the US, particularly
one very close to MIT, are having difficulties even deploying content
on their local networks due to these rights issues. It never was a
University issue it is a Prof issue, and I am sure there are some Profs
who may be loath to give their materials away for free.
However, some of the country's top Management Consulting firms have
always given away (or published) their IP almost as soon as they
acquire it. They believe it does two things:
1) keeps them on their toes to keep learning and improving
2) it positions themselves as leaders in their field
Both of which lead to more business.
Interesting times.
-- Harry Pasternak
Thousand Islands Institute
" No such thing as right or left 'wing'.
All you need to know is - who's getting screwed
and who's doing the screwing?"- Molly Ivins
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