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Ahead of writing a blog post about &#8216;free&#8217;, Free, freemium etc, I wanted to know what you think. Vote below, and leave your comments about whether you think free, as most famously set out in Wired editor Chris Anderson&#8217;s book Free, is a viable and sustainable approach. Can free really [...]]]></description>
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<p>Ahead of writing a blog post about &#8216;free&#8217;, Free, <a class="zem_slink" title="Freemium" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium">freemium</a> etc, I wanted to know what you think. Vote below, and leave your comments about whether you think free, as most famously set out in <a class="zem_slink" title="Wired (magazine)" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.7808,-122.3957&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=37.7808,-122.3957%20%28Wired%20%28magazine%29%29&amp;t=h">Wired</a> editor <a class="zem_slink" title="Chris Anderson" rel="homepage" href="http://www.thelongtail.com/about.html">Chris Anderson</a>&#8217;s book Free, is a viable and sustainable approach. Can free really work? And if so, how?<br />
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