From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 15:06:16 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: e$: Come aaaannnndddd Get it!
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At 5:20 AM 11/17/95, sameer wrote:
>>
>> 3. The success of BankAmericard (later renamed Visa) came when real
>> customers and real shops started to use it, not when early pioneers set
>> themselves up as clearinghouses and whatnot.
>
>        I'm sorry, but Community ConneXion is a real shop, with real
>customers, selling real services, and we accept ecash.

You guys are getting way too sensitive about all this.

I'm in favor of real shops selling real things or real services. My point
was that there is no compelling need to get people to sign up just for
moral support.

Lighten up.

--Tim


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