Nah, those two things aren't really related. My post was about gaming the marketplace prices that show up on coldfront. (http://kol.coldfront.net/index.php/content/view/1903/146/)

Though KoL's economy is in general really fascinating. And it interacts in neat ways with the way they make money. They were way ahead of the curve in using a sort of free-to-play model. (And even doing it in a way that doesn't feel scummy!)