At 9:00 PM -0700 4/28/03, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
So, how do you do this? Easy. For software, the first copy is auctioned for cash. Then the second copy, wherever it is on the network, is auctioned for cash, and so on, until nobody's buying any more copies, across the whole network. This is the oldest model of trade there ever was. It's how red ochre from Maine ended up in Neolithic tombs in Ireland. It's how Homo Habilis traded raw rocks for finished hand axes across hundreds of miles of African savanna. The Agorics guys called it the "digital silk road" for obvious reasons.
This view of the Digital Silk Road is quite different from the one described in the paper, "The Digital Silk Road" by Norman Hardy and Eric Dean Tribble <http://www.agorics.com/Library/dsr.html>. However, Robert will enjoy the section, "No Junk Mail!". Cheers - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Due process for all | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | used to be the | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@pwpconsult.com | American way. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA