Since people would be able to download Nautilus for free once we finished it, the company had to figure out some other way to make money. Not surprisingly, this involved creating proprietary software that Eazel could charge people to use: a set of proto-cloud services, including automatic software updates and online file storage. These cloud services would live in an Eazel data center and would not be free. The idea was to integrate Nautilus with these services and position our no-cost software as a lure to draw people to Eazel’s pay-to-use features.
