PXP opened this issue on Mar 07, 2006 ยท 26 posts
bagoas posted Wed, 08 March 2006 at 1:20 AM
What would really help is a sort of unique ID tag for items, freeware or merchandise, which is maintained at some central database, similar to e.g. the ISBN number used for books. Would solve confusion on names that change over time, version and language issues, broken links, changes of property etc. Sellers/manufacturers would pay a dollar or so to register an item and get a number by which it can be referred to, linked to the address where it can be obtained. For the store holders it would be better because the name of their competitor is not mentioned on their site, and availability status of required items for add-ons can be checked easily in the central database. just my 5 penny's. When you make your fortune out of this idea remember me. B.