Hi William.
I don't think I missed the point. I wasn't looking at an online payment
system as being a single item; it could easily grow into additional
"services" provided by OpenSRS. I don't think it's too much of a
stretch to assume that once the technology for on-line payments was
operational, someone would think it was a good idea to provide it as an
additional "service" for the benefit of RSPs. I don't think it's
appropriate for OpenSRS to develop services that duplicate what RSPs do.
The important thing here is that the technology wouldn't be able to pay
for itself *other* than by providing end-user services or by charging a
premium to the RSPs who took advantage of it.
My point is that such development would have to be paid for by someone,
and since I have my *own* credit card payment system, I don't want that
someone to be me.
I think it's the bigger picture.
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 05:15:11PM -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
>
> Hello Paul,
>
> Sunday, March 25, 2001, 4:52:19 PM, Paul Chvostek wrote:
>
>
> > With regard to online credit card payments, I disagree, for two reasons.
>
> > The first is that is makes them a one-stop shop. I don't want to buy
> > bulk service from a one-stop shop, I want to buy it from an entity that
> > specializes. If OpenSRS starts taking credit card orders over the web,
>
> You missed the point.
>
> The request was for OpenSRS to let RSPs buy in to their accounts via
> credit card using an online system instead of faxes.
>
> Not an end user pays opensrs type solution.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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