[Foundation-l] e-gold proposal

Wed Dec 15 12:07:03 UTC 2004

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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