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mikro.lounge # 11   
COOKING POT MARKETS 
The Economies of Open Source 

Mittwoch, 3. Februar 1999, 20:00 Uhr 

WMF, Johannisstr. 19, Berlin-Mitte 
Eintritt: 5 Mark 

 
 
"Of course, it is the motivation behind people's patterns of consumption 
and production that forms the marrow of economics. Figuring out what 
motivates, let alone measuring it, is always difficult but it is even 
tougher when price tags don't exist. It is simpler to just assume that  
motivations only exist when prices are attached, and not attempt to find  
economic reason in actions motivated by things other than money;  
simpler, therefore, just to assume as we often do that the internet has no  
economic logic at all."  
                                                                              Rishab Aiyer Ghosh 

Lecture and open discussion with:  

Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, New Delhi 
     Managing Editor of First Monday  <http://www.firstmonday.dk/>  
     Deus X Machina <http://dxm.org/>  

     Basic text by Rishab: 
     "Cooking Pot Markets: an Economic Model for the Trade in Free Goods and  
     Services on the Internet"  

Moderation:  Diana McCarty (mikro), Berlin/Budapest  

Musik: Manuela Krause