On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Tim May wrote:
>>If
>>there is not a value proposition for an information marketplace between the
>>government and the private sector, there could be a value proposition within
>>the private sector intelligence channels, moving closer to your "credit
>>rating market" proposition.
>
>English, please. Or at least Ebonics.
Her point, Tim, is that she doubts such a thing will ever be deployed
widely or accepted, because she can't see a way for someone to make
money at it.
As presented, I think she's probably right. Nobody in conventional
business is going to want to do a deal with someone when they can't
create a legally enforceable contract. And "reputation capital"
that would counteract that point to some extent depends on maintaining
a consistent traceable pseudonym as someone who does something illegal,
for decades, without getting linked to it.
Bear
