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===How is this different to existing platforms?===
===How is this different to existing platforms?===
All existing platforms are in some way proprietary, limited in access, intended as commercial enterprises in themselves with a pre-defined solution. The future not being as predictable as we would like, any platform designed on a controlled, owned basis has designed-in obsolescence.  
All existing platforms are in some way proprietary, limited in access, intended as commercial enterprises in themselves with a pre-defined solution. The future not being as predictable as we would like, any platform designed on a controlled, owned basis has inadvertently designed-in [[planned obsolescence|obsolescence]].  


Therefore (i) they are unresponsive to real-time demand; (ii) they are expensive and high maintenance; (iii) they unnecessarily [[Rent-seeker|extract rent]], and encourage down-stream [[rent-seeking]] behaviour from participants (iv) they preserve [[confidentiality]] and a worldview which regards as ''proprietary'' an element of market infrastructure ([[boilerplate]]) that is in fact a ''public utility''.  
Therefore (i) they are unresponsive to real-time demand; (ii) they are expensive and high maintenance; (iii) they unnecessarily [[Rent-seeker|extract rent]], and encourage down-stream [[rent-seeking]] behaviour from participants (iv) they preserve [[confidentiality]] and a worldview which regards as ''proprietary'' an element of market infrastructure ([[boilerplate]]) that is in fact a ''public utility''.