Re: Payments activity - any point to our time and effort?

Then why bother with the W3C, other than for marketing purposes. If you're
going to end-up with a particular set of outcomes then anyone who's been
doing it long enough would change their strategy to exploit those
weaknesses.

Are there any statistics available about these sorts of issues and the
outcomes. I understand if the data is incomplete, yet, those who've been
around long enough might be able to offer some insight.

Stats would be about the the number of projects and the number of times
these sorts of strategic resolution strategies have been the result.

I say if it's more than average, then we've got a problem. If not, well.
Something else is wrong or perhaps it is specifically due to the economic
nature of the debate and related instruments.

Timh.

On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 at 2:57 AM, Anders Rundgren <
anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com> wrote:

> It is all very simple.
>
> When Microsoft won the battle of the desktop OS it was not because they had
> the best products, it was because their stuff was better marketed while the
> competition spent their precious cycles on fighting each other.
>
> Why would Web payments be any different?
>
> Anders
>
>
> On 2016-03-04 16:49, Timothy Holborn wrote:
> > Pic, I hope people don't mind me posted...
> >
> > These are serious issues that I do not believe are being considered
> seriously. I believe these are choices that will impact the future of
> communications, economy, law and broader systems throughout our world. Yet,
> the desire appears to be to ensure less than a handful of legal entities be
> made controllers for everything on the planet.
> >
> > If that is the determination, then let's get onto it. I think they want
> the worlds data funnelled into their A.I. Systems and if we are effectively
> slaves, without hope for independent identities, self determination, et.al
> <http://et.al>. Well, then let's not argue, let's just start doing
> something more positive with our time.
> >
> > What I struggle with is such significant investments of time and effort
> to see myself and others treated so very poorly, they'd be better off doing
> almost anything else. Slaves were fed, some agents appear to believe in
> more 'efficient' means of obtaining cheap energy, and if that's not going
> to change or be provided an opportunity to be examined, then well... I hear
> some parts of Asia are very cheap to live in. Could do a few basic sites
> and live happily, not wasting my time or that of others.
> >
> > I've forwarded that wonderful outline of how the browser companies can
> be influenced to WebID stakeholders, because whilst TimBL is involved
> personally with that work. They've had enormous trouble getting a
> reasonable user experience. I hope their delighted by the opportunity
> that's seemingly been presented (as an accountable defence for a problem
> that apparently doesn't exist...)
> >
> > We're along way away from having something that's awesome. If we do not
> have the means for carriage of these works, we could be contributing
> towards some very bad outcomes, much worse than those today without greater
> tools for those actors who are dangerous.
> >
> > I've not seen many homeless people damage many others, usually only
> themselves. Yet, they've got a very different perceived social standing
> than others driving nice cars, upon the misery of so many. Whether it be
> prostitution, broken homes, broken promises, legal strategies or the myriad
> of other things utilised by those with wealth.
> >
> > Do we have any intention to help vulnerable people present their
> problems to a court of law, enhancing their accessibility to access to
> justice
> >
> > Or is that just so way outta scope by those who influence the delivery
> of this work that well, that recent letter from the San Fran tech worker
> about the homeless in sanfran, I didn't understand. It was an act of
> kindness, perhaps even if it made them refugees...
> >
> > Very Troubled.
> >
> > On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 at 2:30 AM, Timothy Holborn <
> timothy.holborn@gmail.com <mailto:timothy.holborn@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Given the logic, maybe trump is the answer...
> >
> >     On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 at 2:26 AM, Anders Rundgren <
> anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com <mailto:anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> >         On 2016-03-04 16:17, Timothy Holborn wrote:
> >          > Well China has a different system of government. I wonder how
> they treat people who contribute.
> >
> >         Unfortunately the problem is that the world at large seems
> unaware of that Google is
> >         a kind of company we have never seen before.  That is, in the
> old world people are
> >         referring to their boss when it comes to decisions.  I have
> never heard any of
> >         the W3C Googlers do that and they don't have titles like "VP of
> SW engineering".
> >
> >         China still has a (theoretical) chance.
> >
> >         Anders
> >
> >          >
> >          > Don't think we need a Magna Carta for the web, or a earth
> passport. We need apple and the others to start issuing them, I'm sure
> they'll be able to update the readers, after all, court orders - meh,
> design software that invalidates the requests and squash the alternatives...
> >          >
> >          > New world order. Only $899 for the updated deluxe appendage,
> and after $40pcm, your able to start thinking about the human rights of
> children or whatever you think is important.
> >          >
> >          > So very, very frustrated.
> >          >
> >          > Anders, always good to chat. Don't always agree, but have
> always considered you a contributor.
> >          >
> >          > Timh.
> >          > On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 at 2:10 AM, Anders Rundgren <
> anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com <mailto:anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
> <mailto:anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com <mailto:
> anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >          >
> >          >     On 2016-03-04 15:30, Timothy Holborn wrote:
> >          >>     I've been reading this:
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-payments-wg/2016Feb/0527.html
> Is our work valuable at all or is this some sick joke that looks like Wall
> Street Execs vs. the concept of law and such things for the billions of
> other humans around the planet...? After reading this, I have severe
> concerns about the viability of building anything meaningful here. I think
> that should be made clear. W3C was established due to issues that emerged
> sometime ago. New issues threaten humanity as is influenced specifically by
> web standards. Their are a number of very troubling problems here, and I
> fully support Manu, who's work has brought all this together and to suggest
> otherwise is an act of horrific behaviour I very much doubt they'd want
> subject to accountability, as such, What are we doing here? Timh.
> >          >
> >          >     Well, there are reasons to why (for example) 1B+ secure
> payment cards never did make it to the Web.
> >          >
> >          >     Regarding the more technical aspects of this work I find
> it slightly amusing that when I suggested enhancing the interface between
> the Web and App worlds, it was either met with dead silence or with
> statements that indirectly suggested that I'm a charlatan. When Google did
> the same (but much less universal) proposal everybody listened and nobody
> complained.
> >          >
> >          >     These are the realities.
> >          >
> >          >     Not even China with their millions of engineers and
> leading production of devices can do anything about Google's dominance in
> Web and mobile phone technology!
> >          >
> >          >
> >          >     Anders
> >          >
> >
>
>