From: IN%"vin@shore.net" 1-FEB-1996 02:08:33.54
Greg Broiles <gbroiles@darkwing.uoregon.edu> opined:
We should, however, learn from what FV did right - they wrote software which (apparently) had or can have a real political effect. (It seems to have worked on Garfinkel, anyway). Cypherpunks write code? FV wrote code and got some attention for their otherwise unexciting message. <snip>
Now _that's_ a useful and on-target observation. ------------- Quite. To expand it: A. a program doesn't have to be new to the technical community to make a difference, it just has to be new to the rest of the world; B. publicity for programs makes a difference. If DigiCash had come out with this program and had done the press release better than the FV folks, I suspect we'd be cheering them on and the credit card types would be doing worse - a good situation. -Allen