17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Sun, 3 Mar 1996 hallam@w3.org wrote:
The tobacco companies need a forum. And they are used to spending big bucks on sponsoring things.
That misses the point. There is no shortage of potential sponsors. What these people are asking me is "how much business will Web advertising create for me".
This misses another point. The question was, how do *we* pay for this stuff (emphasis mine). If someone develops a reasonably easy-to-use and reasonably secure digital cash micropayment system, then I would be happy to pay to read the New York Times on the Web. I would rather they were dependent on my money than R.J. Reynold's. -rich