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Technology Stocks : WAVX Anyone? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cm who wrote (8622)	8/5/1999 9:55:00 PM
From: cm	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 11417

So, What Is A "Bung" Small Thing? I am heartened to read that no less an analyst than Hagen at Forrester has basically endorsed the prospects of micropayments. What I find baffling is his "but". It's like he's implying that there's something bad about having a Visa or MasterCard underlying this "nickel-and-diming" Net. For the umpteenth time (just in case Claugus is still out there somewhere) WAVX, at least, isn't trying to replace credit cards. Duhhh.... Hel-LO, Guam? However, I am even more heartened to hear the sterling endorsement from HAUP's conference call of the Wave e-commerce chip and the reference to (Bob Metcalfe's) oft-cited "pay-as-you-go" Internet. It was like that section of the HAUP conference call had been, in essence, scripted by Steven or Peter Sprague. Ahhhhh, how lovely to have proof-of-concept... with more to come. Best Regards, c m

To: cm who wrote (8622)	8/7/1999 10:41:00 AM
From: cm	Respond to of 11417

Totalling Up All This Free Stuff... Let's see... Free PCs. (Granted, some are not so free. Right now, at least.) + Free ISPs in the UK... and Microsoft is trying to do it here to erode AOL's profits. + And free consumer appliances coming (a natural evolution)... (Total according to the shorts): "Heck-far, Lummy, they're having to give the stuff away." (Actual total): Conduits for paid subscriptions to digital content and pay-per-play or pay-per-view and try-before-you-buy and if-you-don't-pay-you-don't-play-'cause-there's-a-chip-that'll-cut-your-water-off... and a company that CAN (I hope, WILL) get a cut on this kind of metered content. Best Regards, c m