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1998-09-27 - Re: Cypherpunks defeat?

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From: “James A. Donald” <jamesd@echeque.com>
To: “Robert A. Costner” <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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UTC Datetime: 1998-09-27 15:59:18 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 23:59:18 +0800

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From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 23:59:18 +0800
To: "Robert A. Costner" <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Cypherpunks defeat?
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At 08:43 PM 9/27/98 -0700, James A. Donald wrote:
> > IBM is proposing that anyone, or many people, will be
> > free to act as issuers of promises to pay in their
> > proposed microcash system.  

At 12:22 AM 9/28/98 -0400, Robert A. Costner wrote:
> I don't think you gave a URL for the IBM system. 

http://www.hrl.il.ibm.com/mpay 

> Since you got me interested, I went and looked at the
> "MilliCent" branded product from Digital/Compaq.
>
>	http://www.millicent.digital.com/
>
> Millicent is currently free in that scrip is not cash.  I
> have to laugh in that MilliCent has a granularity of 1/10
> of a penny.  So why call it millicent?
>
> It looks like millicent could be used to pay for web based
> sending of anonymous messages, but only if you have an NT
> server (or use theirs) and only if you browse from windows.
>
> Maybe if I find a millicent type system that works with a
> Linux server, especially a "non money" one, I might setup a
> web based mailer that works with it.  It would make a nice
> weekend project.  I'm been thinking of revamping the
> dragoncon.net mailer anyway.

What we really need is an open standard with very fine
potential granularity and the intermediary capabilities of
Microsoft.

Such a project is quite large. 

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