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To: Tom Hua who wrote (1232)	7/1/1999 9:28:00 AM
From: jjs_ynot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2514

From Raging Bull: ragingbull.com Re: ZixCharge I agree that CUST / Jaws / Hush aren't going to make a lot of money with the secure email clients. Too easy for the big guys to duplicate. Now all the longs faith in pinned on ZixCharge. Well, I have to say you guys have too much faith... Did you checkout the CYCH press release today about ECML Standard? It says Microsoft / Sun / IBM / Visa / Mastercard amd others are backing an ECML (Electronic Commerce Modelling Language) Standard. The idea is that the ECommerce websites will support customer input through an ECML interface and Microsoft / Sun / CyberCash / etc. will provide EWallet technology to use at the customer end. Looks like all the big players are backing a different solution with an open standard ECML. CUST and its proprietary standard will be left out in the cold. biz.yahoo.com This is exactly what all the big players want: an open standard interface for exchanging ecommerce information securely. Nobody wants to pay someone (CUST) a fee to do it. With this news, I don't even need to see the technical details of ZixCharge. It doesn't matter because their proprietary (patented!) ZixCharge isn't going to beat the open standard ECML backed by all the players. In the future (1-3 years) websites will start supporting ECML so that a customer can use their CyberCash or Microsoft EWallet to purchase goods. Don't hold your breath waiting for an alliance from MasterCard or Visa or Microsoft or IBM or ... They are already falling in line with ECML and are working on consumer and business software which uses it. CUST - late to market Fleance