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To: RIT who wrote (34711)	11/12/2000 11:52:56 AM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Respond to of 42771

Hello RIT, > As for client/supplier/card company, my example was the > transfer of address details between the client who needs > to supply billing and delivery addresses for an order and > the supplier. A futher step could be the signing of the > addresses by the card company to pre-authorise a delivery > address if its different to the billing address etc, it > just needs the compaines to be willing do do such things. I agree that these "three-way" transactions are going to be key to eBusiness in the future. They are obviously fundamental to the business processes that we have developed over the last 500+ years ... so I see them being a part of the future. > True, and only the card companies can modify the current > model and they will be very slow about it as there is > currently few business advantages in do so. Yes ... but I also see that they can recognize a huge cost saving by "outsourcing" the management of personal information back to the customer. By enabling them to manage their own account details (e.g. address, phone, etc.) the card company would be provided with more up-to-date and accurate information, and would not have to have as many people on staff to make those changes. Fedex recognized this by putting their package tracking on the web ... they saw their 800# phone bills fall through the floor! ;-) > This is true for any connect, its just Napster users stay > online longer (apart from MP4 users). Agreed ... I wasn't suggesting that this was the only way ... merely one where users don't often realize just what is possible ... > This is where a personal directory could add value, by > extending products like AtGuard to become gatekeepers, > ports would then be available to external connections if > validated via federated links between directories (yours > and a mate). There are some interesting plays that could be made here ... > Overall my view is that P-P designs will drive such > products as it allows for the building of Napster type > solutions, but ISPs and ASPs ect could become central > 'white pages' where there is a level of trust available. Yes ... and there are more players interested in becoming the "trusted" exchanges ... ;-) Scott C. Lemon