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by JoeAltmaier 5036 days ago
I'll chime in. If we want to provide GMail free to people in Africa, then we just do it. Govt subsidize it or something. Quit shoe-horning philanthropic efforts into somebody's business model.
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potatolicious 5036 days ago
If philanthropy is an emergent property of a business model, I'd count my blessings and keep it.
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JoeAltmaier 5036 days ago
The point of the article was that it Wasn't, in fact it was a drag on the business model.
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