Karen Epper, an analyst at Forrester Research, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., said electronic commerce companies should do more legal research than
In the 12-29-96. Computerworld: that. "Joe Programmer could create a new currency system," Epper said. "But if it's not supported by regulators, what do you have?" <<<< And there you have it. If it's not regulated by the government, it's no good. P.S This was not an isolated quote, this was the central point of the article. -- Marshall Marshall Clow Aladdin Systems <mailto:mclow@mailhost2.csusm.edu> Warning: Objects in calendar are closer than they appear.
At 1:56 am -0500 12/31/96, Marshall Clow wrote:
Karen Epper, an analyst at Forrester Research, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., said electronic commerce companies should do more legal research than
In the 12-29-96. Computerworld: that.
"Joe Programmer could create a new currency system," Epper said. "But if it's not supported by regulators, what do you have?" <<<<
And there you have it. If it's not regulated by the government, it's no good.
P.S This was not an isolated quote, this was the central point of the article.
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