Palm Pilot Developers

Re: [spiers] Palm Pilot Develoers

Folks,

here is one of those "why don't they just..." moments. the problem here is
although imports and exports of goods are declared and tabulated, and availble
to consult by oone and all, in part at least to get a bead on what country is
the best supplier of a given item; or what country is the prime buyer of a given
item... there is no such corresponding list of int'l trade in services.

Law work, architectural designs, education, research, investigations, software
coding... all sorts of services are traded import and export, and all are
required to be declared, but almost none are.

I've contacted the various government agencies and they all tend to shrug their
shoulders and say "what can we do?" of course, there is not much they can do
without the budget to do so.

Now one common thread almost all of these transactions have is they do involve a
bank transaction, money going from buyer to seller.

So, if someone could convince the banks to sell the information on who is
exporting what services worldwide, that info could be collated and resold to
buyers of services.

When someone desperately ants Palm Pilot software written, one might be willing
to pay $500 to know that there are eight active providers of palm pilot software
applications in the Soviet union, charging and average of...etc...

The crucial parts of int'l trade, that is info and logistics and payment
mechanisms (letters of credit) are all in private hands, and developed by
private entities. Governments need not apply for this kind of work. The ICC in
Paris, essentially an association of banks, would be an excellent clearing house
source for the info..., and of course you could ask all sorts of trade
associations if they think it is a good idea and if it exists.

Of course, who is trading what services for what money where in the world is
being tracked, but as deep secret intelligence work as part of the "war on
terror," so we won't get access to that.

So if someone loves this kind of work, compiling data on trade in servcies
worldwide and selling it, I would be customer #1 for this service.

John

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