| From: | Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Dan Langille <dan(at)langille(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Paypal WAS: PostgreSQL speakers needed for |
| Date: | 2004-01-06 21:07:41 |
| Message-ID: | 20040106210741.GA29434@wolff.to |
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 12:32:36 -0800,
Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
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> Anyway, it sounds like I'm alone in my distrust of Paypal, so maybe we should
> drop it?
I wouldn't say that. They are owned buy eBay which is known for having
a low regard for user privacy, especially with regard to Law Enforcement
fishing expeditions.
The main thing going for Paypal is the network effect. If you used say e-Gold,
a lot of people that might donate via Paypal probably wouldn't bother to
set up an e-Gold account just to be able to send money electronicly.
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