Mar/060
Win an Ebay Auction: Get Paid
Millions of people have shopped Ebay in the past. In most cases, winning an auction on Ebay means shelling out some dough. Wouldn’t it be nice if you get paid for winning an auction instead?
The founder of Ebay is involved in launching a new website called Prosper.com. It is a person to person lending and borrowing service. In this case the seller would be the borrower who places an amount and the interest rate he is willing to pay. The bidders are the lenders who would bid on any portion of the loan with the interest rate they are willing to accept. Once the auction is closed, the lenders offering the lowest interest rates win. Prosper.com then handles all the monthly payment and collection services.
Here comes all the money under the mattresses. Watch out, Citibank and Chase!
Mar/060
Sun Microsystems
There has been talk lately that Sun Microsystems might begin to see the light at the end of it’s 4 year tunnel. It is hard to fathom how their market share could increase while other less expensive server hardware and software are out there. Is Solaris that much better than a Linux server on an AMD 64 chip? It remains to be seen.