On Fri, 4 Jan 2013, Greg Rose wrote:
You could ask the folks at CAcert... I imagine Ian Grigg will also chime in. Certification costs a lot, and as you have observed, the incumbents try very hard to keep you out. Despite some reasonable sources of funding, CAcert still didn't succeed.
Well, I actually have not observed that, I just *assumed* it to be the case based on my general understanding of markets, etc.
So it appears that was a good assumption. I would indeed like to hear about how the incumbents protect this turf and to what degree they are doing so ...
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