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Will Not Happen (was: bearer = anonymous = freedom to contract)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Harry S. Hawk)
Tue Feb 16 12:42:04 1999
To: KDAGUIO@aba.com (Kawika Daguio)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:36:46 -0500 (EST)
Cc: aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk, weidai@eskimo.com, rah@shipwright.com, dcsb@ai.mit.edu,
micropay@ai.mit.edu, cryptography@c2.net, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net,
dbs@philodox.com, e$@vmeng.com, mac-crypto@vmeng.com
In-Reply-To: <s6c95ce8.062@aba.com> from "Kawika Daguio" at Feb 16, 99 11:56:09 am
From: "Harry S. Hawk" <harry@piermont.com>
Unlurking...
Even if the perfect technology existed, completely developed and
legally deployable, it still will not happen. (As much as I wish it
would.)
The real and only issue, beyond any scientifically hard problems, is
market demand. There is none. Furthermore, there is unlikely to be any
mass market for such a technology. The only thing that could develop
it is appropriately crafted marketing communication program/campaign.
Anyone want to step forward with 100 Million? 10 Million? Even 5
Million? (Didn't think so.)
Yours,
Harry S. Hawk
P.S.
The canonical goal of all marketing is to "educate consumers" as to
why they need something.
P.P.S.
I run the technology marketing practice at Piermont.
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Harry S. Hawk Piermont Information Systems Inc.
harry@piermont.com 917 407 4430
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