Scott McMullan originally shared this post:

Paying your customers to adopt your free product is an interesting strategy... http://www.informationweek.com/news/cloud-computing/software/231001007
Microsoft Pays Customer $250,000 To Adopt Office 365 -- InformationWeekMicrosoft Pays Customer $250,000 To Adopt Office 365 - cloud-computing Blog
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