From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 13:46:46 MST
Hm!
Reason wrote:
>
> ---> dwayne
>
> > Reason wrote:
> > >
> > > It is an april fools, check the "cnet" URL. But a plausible one.
> >
> > Nope, it's true. I read that in the EULA when I installed the program, but
> > figured long before they figure out what to do with it I'll have
> > gotten bored and uninstalled it.
>
> I get to be wrong, cool. :)
>
> Apparently it's in their SEC filings too.
> http://biz.yahoo.com/e/020401/bde.html
>
> Be interesting to see where it all goes, even if the company is steaming
> merrily along to be clouted by someone who treats their customers better.
> You actually have the inklings of a micropay/barter system here with enough
> users to really make a go of it. People pay for what they download in
> processor time -- zap, simple, uses what you have, huge userbase to build
> on, none of this messing around with annoying intermediaries like money for
> anything other than a yardstick.
>
> Reason
> http://www.exratio.com/
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