At 08:59 PM 4/16/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: > >On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, David Honig wrote: > >> At 02:06 PM 4/15/01 -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote: >> >regard to contract enforcement. There has to be a hook where someone >> >who does a ripoff can be punished, or else there is no deal. >> >> In infospace, there is only reputation, not meat and bones, that >> can be damaged. > >Tell that to the insulin pump or the aircraft auto-pilot... > >What a naive view of 'bits'. > We're not talking about life-critical apps.