SCN: Dvorak

[David Barts]

patrick <clariun at yahoo.com> writes:

> > ...Create a universal payment mechanism  
> > 
> > When are we going to get a truly universal payment system that will 
> > let me effortlessly buy a two-page document for a nickel or dime? 
> > Plan after plan has come and gone. Something has to give, because 
> > the current system, with competing plans, minimum credit card 
> > charges, and a lack of true security, is killing the e-commerce 
> > golden goose.   
> 
> Microsoft Passport? Isn't MS going to dominate the world with Passport?
> Everyone, merchants and buyers will be paying tribute to MS through fees with
> this service.

I wouldn't trust M$ to create an open, well-designed, standards-based
solution to the problem, but I would welcome a payment system that
doesn't have minimum charges.  That way, charging pennies for something
becomes feasable, and there's an alternative to the proliferation of
advertising on the web.

-- 
         David W. Barts (davidb at scn.org) / http://www.scn.org/~davidb
      "Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and
     demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of
                     justice and mercy." -- Wendell Berry
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