Hi,
Le Wednesday 15 December 2004 03:05, Douglas Jackson a écrit :
It is difficult to compare e-gold in an apples-to-apples way to other
payment systems. All other online payment systems (whether prominent or
"also-ran") function as credit card intermediaries, enabling the
recipient to accept payment from someone who wants to pay using their
credit card. The majority of adults on earth though not only have never
had a credit card but are unbanked altogether. Is there any prospect
that these invisible masses suffer from an up-til-now frustrated desire
to make donations to the Wiki Foundation? Who can say? It is certain
though they won't be using PayPal, iBill, CCBill, MoneyBookers, Neteller
or any other such system anytime soon because they absolutely can't. But
nothing prevents them from accepting e-gold payments and making e-gold
payments.
[...]
Excusez-moi, mais je trouve cet argument bizarre. Ces masses invisibles qui
n'ont pas de carte de crédit ni de compte en banque ont d'autres
préoccupations que de faire un don à la fondation Wikimedia. Elles n'ont
certainement pas accès à Internet ni les moyens de faire des dons à qui que
ce soit.
Short English translation for the non-French speakers.
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Excuse-me, but I find this argument a bit weird. These invisible masses who
don't have a credit card nor a bank account have more pressing needs than
looking for a way to make a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. They
certainly don't have any Internet access, and can't afford to make a donation
to anybody.
Yann
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