~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C'punks, At 10:35 PM 5/30/96 -0500, snow wrote:
It is my position (until proven wrong--please) that larger business DON'T want anonymity. They _want_ to be able to track purchases and use of their product for several reasons.
Two quick answers: 1) What big business wants and what it would be willing to accept in order to make sales, are two different things. While demographic data are nice, an more robust economy full of big spenders is better. 2) Big businesses are made up of individuals. Most individuals would still prefer to have their own privacy preserved even if they would prefer less privacy for others. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~