On Monday, October 31, 2011, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15523050 > > Hmmm seems that motorola purchase cost them more than we thought ;-)
++ Its not the most money they tossed away, usually in such cases pre-planning is done its not an impulsive buy as you might think, the purpose is yet to be established hower i deeply believe the direction google is going on this purchase and push of the android strategy is content impressions, which is really there core business, its a long term shot. > > Wonder if we might be about to see Ushahidi switch to OSM ;-) ++ well all that overhead must cost someone that entity being google, so a nominal fee for a service level agreement in which case i think they might provide a standard one to the paying customers you can be sure of a good service, free does not always mean better service, changing goal posts because of a small fee might not be in anyones best interest especially long term, adaptability is required and modelling. > > Anyone think this is a little hypocritical? You drive tons of hits to Google, then they charge you? Nice. ++ NO i think its fair, thosd hits are burning proc power, internal resources and management a price point has been reached aftet a long time to quantify the freemium model google has been using for this service, its not expensive i think but it does gurantee you a piece of mind, paying always does not paying well you just never know, things happen ;). > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. >
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