LWN status update

LWN status update

Posted Jul 30, 2002 22:58 UTC (Tue) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359)
In reply to: LWN status update by Manny_Calavera
Parent article: LWN status update

I think some level of content locking has to be considered if
a subscription model is used, but you have to keep a focus on
the purpose of locking the content. It isn't locked so the
people who don't pay don't get it, but rather so that people
who can pay will.

One idea that I like is to have a subscription target, and
whenever that target is met, the entire site is freely
available.

An extenstion of this is that new features (which imply new
costs) might have a higher target before they become freely
available.

My final thought is that when (maybe I'm being optimistic),
the site becomes over-subscribed, rebates are offered on the
next months subscription rate.

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