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[QUOTE=&quot;n2rj, post: 100788, member: 5768&quot;]Well, I work for a large web property and yes, web advertisers are one way we make money. But that is assuming we're talking about web users only (and we are not). Web advertising pays the bills but there are new revenue streams like TV Everywhere, subscription and syndicated content.And it is content like TVE (which you pay for indirectly through your cable or internet bill) is exactly what I am talking about when I say, &quot;build it and they will come.&quot;Speaking of which, one of the heaviest generators of Internet traffic in the US today does not make their money from ads. They make it from subscription content. Computing power should be transparent to most users. Apple, the most valuable company in the world, has embraced this.People need their computers to do useful things. Few computer users are power users. Most of them use the computer like an appliance, which is why appliance type computers like the iPad are so popular. Oh, Linux has plenty of money behind it. Red Hat, IBM, Oracle and many others. Much of GNU/Linux today was developed by professional developers and not strictly hobbyists.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="n2rj, post: 100788, member: 5768"]Well, I work for a large web property and yes, web advertisers are one way we make money. But that is assuming we're talking about web users only (and we are not). Web advertising pays the bills but there are new revenue streams like TV Everywhere, subscription and syndicated content. And it is content like TVE (which you pay for indirectly through your cable or internet bill) is exactly what I am talking about when I say, "build it and they will come." Speaking of which, one of the heaviest generators of Internet traffic in the US today does not make their money from ads. They make it from subscription content. Computing power should be transparent to most users. Apple, the most valuable company in the world, has embraced this. People need their computers to do useful things. Few computer users are power users. Most of them use the computer like an appliance, which is why appliance type computers like the iPad are so popular. Oh, Linux has plenty of money behind it. Red Hat, IBM, Oracle and many others. Much of GNU/Linux today was developed by professional developers and not strictly hobbyists.[/QUOTE]

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