Microsoft always thought the hardware should be free. Intel always thought the software should be free...

Economy is interesting. Consume seeks cheaper and better products. Producer seeks bigger market.

Barney Pell made a “meeting minutes” on his blog. Sam Jadallah made an interesting quote: “I talked to CEO of GM, trying to get media inside the car. He said: 'at $250/month of ads or services, I can actually give you a car'. That's believable! These devices, phones, cars, are just vehicles for delivering advertising.”

Car manufactures and dealers have been the big advertisers. It is virtually showing for a third of TV ads at peak hours. Now if GM's CEO “thinks” it is better off to compete with Google on the ads dollars, who is going to buy the ads? Maybe Toyota? Or, maybe Google?

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