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To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (2546)	10/5/1998 1:28:00 PM
From: Roswell	Respond to of 4231

The Open Market thing is not an alliance. Open Market owns the patent on credit card transactions on the web. Simply stated if you want to verify a credit card on the web, you have to use Open Market's technology. Hence Stumpworld using Open Market to verify credit card transactions. Since the use of this technology is not an alliance, Open Market is free to do whatever they want to do. This is just like the deal with AT&T's Worldnet. There is no alliance or any indication that there is an alliance in the works. Alpha just wants to make their products more attractive and so they toss in a freebie. No alliances, just a license to put a copy of Worldnet in every box. I seriously doubt that the Rabins would have the marketing power/know-how to enter into an alliance with either of these big boys.

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (2546)	10/5/1998 8:27:00 PM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4231

ONLINE merchant site updated....@Internet World...alliances... ONLINE merchant onlinemerchant.com

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (2546)	10/6/1998 2:14:00 PM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4231

>>Open Market to comptete head-on with ONLINE merchant? ...not really...HMAPPS perhaps. Open Market Launches ShopSite TX "...ShopSite TX is currently available on the Sun Solaris platform to service providers for $5000. This price scales according to the number of merchants supported. Manufacturer's suggested retail price for merchants starts at $100 per month including catalog hosting services and commerce services. Merchants need only a browser and an Internet connection to access ShopSite TX..." source: &copy October 6 1998 biz.yahoo.com