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From: svanegmo@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Stephen van Egmond)
Subject: Re: ecash payments (was: Re: Can I make money by writing IF?)
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>Matthew Amster wrote:
>Agreed, I buy quite a bit of shareware through compuserve's SWREG
>service (the author pays a cut to compuserve, and compuserve adds
>it to my bill).  With the several digital cash schemes coming into
>existance, this could be a happy way for authors to get paid.

A similar affair is being set up by Be, Inc., the producers of a very 
very interesting little device called the BeBox.  In theory, since an IF 
work would work in a BeBox, they would be willing to support it on their 
Web site.

(Details: Be, Inc. will market and collect payment for your registerable 
shareware as well as dispense unlocked versions of the product, if I 
recall, through their Website, on your behalf. -- www.be.com for more.)

/Steve

