Freebiz models

You know the saying, there's no such a thing as a free meal! But there are a lot of freebies out there, and most of them are just business models in disguise.

If you’re building a business, you should know about the various strategies listed below. If you’re a consumer, you should think about the trade-off that underlies any “free” offer. Here is a probably non-exhaustive list:

The “communitist”

• Let’s get this one out of the way, Open Source is as close as it gets to really free.

• Although Open Source and Free ar…