[e-lang] The web site blurb needs fixing

[Mark Miller]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Kevin Reid <kpreid at mac.com> wrote:
> "Welcome to ERights.org, home of E,
> the secure distributed pure-object platform
> and p2p scripting language
> for writing Capability-based Smart Contracts."
>   -- erights.org
>
> This has always made me wince. It is sufficiently peculiar that I fear
> it is driving away potential users.
>
> Particularly, what is a "Smart Contract"? The way it's phrased, it
> sounds like this is possibly *all* E is about.
>
> Unfortunately I don't have a good suggestion on how to really improve
> it, but we can start, IMO, by getting rid of the last clause.
>
> "Welcome to ERights.org, home of E,
> the secure distributed pure-object platform
> and p2p scripting language."
>
> I will make this change if I get agreement or no objection. I would
> also like to hear suggestions for other improvements.

Fine with me. Please do.


> (Speaking of p2p, we really need a working NAT-bypass strategy --
> that's most of why I'm not using/writing any distributed apps right
> now.)
>
> --
> Kevin Reid                            <http://homepage.mac.com/kpreid/>
>
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