Future of the Pencil

What continues to be the most interesting facet of Google’s continuing acquisitions is the pricing model for consumers. Or rather, lack of one. Google recently bought JotSpot – this purchase remains only a blip in comparision to that of YouTube. But JotSpot started out giving away accounts to its collaboration platform application and then started charging (a sound enough model if we’ve been watching for the past couple of years of web-based application development). This from the JotSpot Web site – After Google (AG): “We will no longer be billing customers for the use of the service. Although you will still have use of the product at your current pricing plan, we won’t charge you anymore when your current billing cycle expires.” Google continues to expand at no (immediate) cost to consumers. Muy interesante.