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dj8nes
He looks too excited about this.....
amaru20
I have heard good things about Tonido from my friend (she is a geek). based on comments from Chris Pirillo, looks easy to install and use Tonido... anyone else has tried?
hugs
Many entrepreneurs get stumped on how to make money writing open source software. After a first look at Tonido's site, I kept wondering, "But how will they make money?"... And then I found the link to the Tonido Plug, and thought "Ah... That's awesome!" It's a cool business model, and if it works for them, I'll be very jealous!
wmf
It's not clear that they're making money on the plug, since it sells for $99 with no software and "less than $100" with Tonido installed.
hugs
Well, with or without software on the plug, it's still $99 in revenue that can fund software development, right?
wmf
The plug is made by Marvell. If Tonido buys it for $99 from Marvell, puts their software on it, and then sells it to you for $99, they don't make money.
jsonscripter
Perhaps Tonido gets the plugs for cheaper than 99 dollars. Sounds like Tonido has a deal with Marvell.
codemechanic
I wonder why this post is not coming in 1st page