At 04:19 PM 7/03/2002 -0500, Patrick wrote: >From: "Ian Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <SNIP blank line> > > At 09:43 AM 7/03/2002 -0500, Patrick wrote: > > >I know the comparison of GoldMoney with PBS was happenstance, but did you > > >HAVE to? :-) > > > > Hi Patrick, > > > > It's not that I don't think that GoldMoney and PBS are both fine > > institutions. It was the best comparison I could think of. Maybe there is > > better comparison I didn't think of. <SNIP another blank line> >Oh I like Nova and Frontline and all, but I was talking about the most >obvious difference. PBS is financed partially with funds extracted by force >from people against their will. GoldMoney is not. > >That distinction just kicked me right in the face when I read your analogy, >even though I knew you did not mean to extend the analogy that far. > >-- Patrick
Sorry Patrick, I certainly did not mean to extend the analogy that far. I hope that *both* GoldMoney and e-gold are outstanding successes, without GoldMoney having to gain its success at the expense of e-gold. In looking for an analogy I first attempted to find one in the computing industry, then the automotive industry before trying the broadcasting industry, as in IBM vs Apple the original inventor is in fact the more commercially successful, and in Mercedes Benz vs Ford, the idea of Mercedes being dismissive about Ford, while incorrect, would not be sufficiently ludicrous to express what I was feeling. In *none* of these cases, especially in GoldMoney vs e-Gold would I wish any bad fortune to either company, but the article was an introductory piece to the concept of electronic gold as money, and I could not let it go unchallenged as it attempted to fool newcomers into assuming that GoldMoney was the market leader in this market. <SNIP request for permission (subsequently granted) to post to list> Regards, Ian Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ao.com.au --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
