[e-gold-list] Re: And another one down, another one down...

2003-09-30 Thread Robert S.Z.
Being an ex-banker (I'm proud of the 'ex' not the 'banker') before joining the tech crowd at a time it wasn't quite fashionable yet, I can still see how both sides think. The problem with any online system that has suits involved is that they believe that throwing money at a problem will surely

[e-gold-list] Re: And another one down, another one down...

2003-09-30 Thread Katz Global Media
that about sums it up... What happens when one of those small services gets big. Can they keep the service level and drive they had when small? that is the trick. Gordon Cheers, Robert. budget privacy website hosting http://www.cyberica.net e-commerce e-business services

[e-gold-list] Re: And another one down

2001-08-18 Thread Todd Boyle
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi James, thank you for your generosity in sharing your thoughts about beenz/flooz etc in our exchange I asked, and you said, Is DBC a viable model in the long term or NOT? What is it going to take to gain broad adoption? I'm not getting any younger. Let's get

[e-gold-list] Re: And another one down

2001-08-18 Thread SnowDog
Is DBC a viable model in the long term or NOT? I read the whole thing but couldn't figure out what DBC stood for. Did the author mean GBC, (Gold-Backed Currencies)? Is he saying that gold-backed currencies need a complete accounting system to accommodate them before businesses will use

[e-gold-list] Re: And another one down

2001-08-18 Thread Jeff Fitzmyers
I believe DBC keeps failing because it's not convenient enough and the expenditure of time and concentration are higher than just paying the 5% credit card fees. I think Beenz and Flooze (Digital Based Currencies) failed because they are not a direct money for goods or money for service. I

[e-gold-list] Re: And another one down

2001-08-18 Thread Rachel Willmer
--On 18 August 2001 08:05 -0700 Jeff Fitzmyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe DBC keeps failing because it's not convenient enough and the expenditure of time and concentration are higher than just paying the 5% credit card fees. I think Beenz and Flooze (Digital Based Currencies)