"John Kulp" wrote in message
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> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:08:58 -0000, "William Black"
> wrote:
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>
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>>You're refusal to engage on this one is interesting in itself.
>
> Engage on what? A complete unrealistic pipedream?
>
>>
>>The whole 'micropayments' thing has been the holy grail of the Internet
>>for
>>well over a decade now.
>
> Go look at Larry Ellison's network computer scheme. See where that
> holy grail got.
Now the industry standard, called a 'thin client'.
>>It has an incredible number of applications, the most important of which
>>is
>>almost certainly the disappearance of spam emails.
>>
>>Why are you so dismissive?
>
> Because, as I said, if you just do some basic calculations on what
> volume of transactions that would have to be done to get to Gate's
> aftertax, after cost net worth, it is plainly obvious it's a complete
> unrealistic pipedream, that's why.
I didn't say they'd earn what Gates does, that was Mixi, who's bonkers. I
said they'd be very rich indeed.
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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