Digicash Patents
Patrick
patrick at lfcgate.com
Thu Jul 31 12:18:48 PDT 2003
> > On the other other hand, :-), it's entirely clear that people could
be
> > developing code right now in anticipation of the patent expiration
and
> > go live with some kind of land rush when it's possible to do so.
>
> Some people expected a "land rush" when the main RSA patents expired
> several years ago. Parties were even thrown. The land rush never
> happened.
>
> --Tim May
True, but look at bitpass.com. $1.5 million in capital for a
micropayments system with no innovations that amounts to... a stunted
version of Paypal?
The beauty of a marketplace is that many different parties get
to try every which way of satisfying a need. Most will fail. Even the
first several attempts can fail, disguising a real opportunity as a
guaranteed failure.
Patrick
lucrative.thirdhost.com
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