> > On the other other hand, :-), it's entirely clear that people could be > > developing code right now in anticipation of the patent expiration and > > go live with some kind of land rush when it's possible to do so. > > Some people expected a "land rush" when the main RSA patents expired > several years ago. Parties were even thrown. The land rush never > happened. > > --Tim May
True, but look at bitpass.com. $1.5 million in capital for a micropayments system with no innovations that amounts to... a stunted version of Paypal? The beauty of a marketplace is that many different parties get to try every which way of satisfying a need. Most will fail. Even the first several attempts can fail, disguising a real opportunity as a guaranteed failure. Patrick lucrative.thirdhost.com