From: Chris Knight <cknight@crl.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 19:06:32 PST
To: Matthew J Ghio <mg5n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Atlantis Project/Oceania
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On Mon, 7 Feb 1994, Matthew J Ghio wrote:

> I was just wondering what sort of business one might engage in in
> Oceania?  Cryptographic software is a possibility, but I wonder how much
> revenue that might bring in.  A electronic bank would probably be a more
> profitable venture, but getting a high bandwidth net connection in the
> middle of the ocean would increase startup costs.  Telecom, electricity,
> and water supply would probably be good businesses...but they require a
> local market that would be fairly small in the startup country.  There
> is also international shipping and trade, but there you have large
> startup costs and would need to do extensive work to get clients.  And
> there is tourism...gambling, recreational drugs, etc....

Have you read "Oath of Fealty" by Larry Niven?  Check it out, it's a good 
sci-fi that outlines just this kind of project.  And please, read the 
tribute in the front...


-ck